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Early life

She was born Klazina Judith Wasylycia,<ref name="It's about Judy"/> the daughter of Harry Wasylycia and Klazina Nielson,<ref name=normandin>Template:Cite book</ref> in Winterbourne, Ontario, a small town near Kitchener,<ref name="It's about Judy">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Herizons">Template:Cite journalTemplate:Dead link</ref> on August 10, 1951.<ref name="LAM bio"/> She graduated from Elmira District Secondary School<ref name="One experienced campaigner">Template:Cite news</ref> in 1970.<ref name="It's about Judy"/> Wasylycia-Leis was educated at the University of Waterloo, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in political science and French in 1974,<ref name="University of Waterloo">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Carleton University, where she received a Master of Arts in political science in 1976.<ref name="Herizons"/><ref name="CUCNB">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She worked as a policy planning consultant for the New Democratic Party following her graduation, and served as an executive assistant to party leader Ed Broadbent. She also served as women's organizer for the federal NDP during this period.

In 1972, she married Ronald Wayne Leis.<ref name="It's about Judy"/><ref name=normandin/>

Wasylycia-Leis ran for office three times while living in Ontario, though she was not elected on any of these occasions.<ref name="Herizons"/> In 1977, she ran for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the provincial NDP in the riding of Carleton, and received 6,837 votes for a third-place finish. She ran for the seat again in a 1980 by-election and the 1981 general election, and again placed third on each occasion.

Manitoba legislature

Wasylycia-Leis moved to Manitoba during the 1980s, where she worked as an executive assistant to Premier Howard Pawley and coordinated the Women's Directorate in the Manitoba government.

In the mid 1980s, she decided to challenge longtime incumbent NDP MLA Donald Malinowski for the nomination in the North End Winnipeg riding of St. Johns, which was generally considered a safe seat for the party.<ref name="Herizons"/> "Everyone said it was impossible to beat Father Malinowski," she said.<ref name="Herizons"/> Wasylycia-Leis' campaign for the nomination gained so much momentum that it led Malinowski to drop out of the race.<ref name="Herizons"/> In the end, she won the 1986 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative John Baluta by almost two thousand votes.<ref name=votes>Template:Cite news</ref>

On April 17, 1986, Wasylycia-Leis was appointed to the Manitoba cabinet as Minister of Culture, Heritage and Recreation with responsibility for Status of Women and the administration of the Manitoba Lotteries Foundation Act.<ref name="LAM bio"/> She was relieved of the Status of Women responsibility on September 21, 1987, but retained the other two positions until the Pawley government was defeated in the 1988 provincial election.<ref name="LAM bio"/>

Wasylycia-Leis was re-elected in 1988, although by a narrower margin; she defeated Liberal Ruth Oberman, 3,092 votes to 2,480. In the 1990 provincial election, she was re-elected again by a wider margin, defeating Mark Minenko, the incumbent from Seven Oaks, which was eliminated due to redistribution.<ref name=votes/>

Federal politics

Wasylycia-Leis resigned her seat on August 12, 1993, to seek (and win) the federal NDP nomination in the riding of Winnipeg North. The NDP fared poorly in the 1993 election, however, and Wasylycia-Leis lost to Liberal Rey Pagtakhan by almost 10,000 votes. She subsequently became a co-chair of Cho!ces, a Manitoba social-justice coalition. In the 1997 federal election, Wasylycia-Leis ran in the riding of Winnipeg North Centre, and defeated Liberal Judith Optiz Silver, 13,663 votes to 7,801. She was re-elected by a wider margin in the 2000 election. In 2003, she supported Bill Blaikie's campaign to become leader of the federal NDP.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Redistribution placed Wasylycia-Leis against Pagtakhan again for the 2004 federal election, in the altered riding of Winnipeg North. On this occasion, Wasylycia-Leis defeated Pagtakhan 12,507 votes to 9,491.

In Parliament, Wasylycia-Leis has focused primarily on issues relating to women (including women's health concerns) and general human rights. She has served as her party's health critic, and was made critic for women's and senior's issues in 2001. She is also an advocate for Israel, and in recent years has been critical of some of her party's foreign policy positions as regards Israel and the Middle East.

Wasylycia-Leis was named Deputy Caucus Chair of the parliamentary NDP on January 30, 2003. On August 2, 2004, she was promoted to caucus chair. In 2003 Wasylycia-Leis was also named the finance critic. In November 2004, Wasylycia-Leis traveled to Ukraine to monitor developments in that country's disputed presidential election.

Finance critic

She became the centre of a national controversy during the 2006 election campaign. She had contacted the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) requesting an investigation into whether or not Liberal Finance Minister Ralph Goodale had illegally leaked information regarding a government announcement on income trusts, so as to benefit certain insiders.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Following her request, RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli wrote to Wasylycia-Leis to inform her that the RCMP had commenced a criminal probe into the matter. The letter was delivered to her offices, which were closed for the holidays. When she did not respond to the letter, Zaccardelli called her personally to ask whether or not she had read his letter. Wasylycia-Leis then proceeded to call a press conference to announce that the Liberals were the subject of an RCMP investigation. The effects of this announcement were an almost immediate drop in Liberal popularity and surge in Conservative momentum, as indicated by public-opinion polls. The letter from Zaccardelli to Wasylycia-Leis remains controversial, as it went against standard RCMP policy by publicly announcing that a criminal investigation is being conducted. The controversy is deepened by the timing of the announcement to coincide with a federal election campaign.<ref> Template:Cite news </ref> On February 15, 2007, the RCMP announced the conclusion of the income trust investigation and laid a charge of 'Breach of Trust' against Serge Nadeau, an official in the Department of Finance.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> Goodale was cleared of any wrongdoing.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Nevertheless, Wasylycia-Leis called for an apology from Goodale.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

Wasylycia-Leis also played a central role in the debate surrounding the introduction of additional tax on Income Trusts in the 'Tax Fairness Plan' introduced by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on October 31, 2006.

On September 27, 2007, Jack Layton replaced Wasylycia-Leis with Thomas Mulcair as the NDP finance critic. Wasylycia-Leis became caucus chair, and her critic portfolios included health and persons with disabilities.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She was re-elected again in the 2008 federal election.<ref name="Pundits' Guide">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Race for mayor of Winnipeg

On April 27, 2010, Wasylycia-Leis announced her retirement from federal politics, effective May 1, without announcing her future plans.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On May 3, she filed papers to run as Mayor of Winnipeg in the October 2010 municipal elections.<ref name="Wasylycia-Leis wants to be Winnipeg mayor">Template:Cite news</ref> Sharon Carstairs, a Liberal Senator and the former leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party was announced to be her campaign co-chair<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Nicole Campbell, a national representative of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, was enlisted as her campaign manager.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Even before she announced her candidacy, she pledged that if she won, she would donate her MP's pension to charity; she would have preferred to simply return it, but this is not possible.<ref name=pension>Template:Cite news</ref> During her term as a federal MP, she similarly declined her pension as a provincial MLA.<ref name=pension />

Wasylycia-Leis lost to the incumbent, Sam Katz, by 25,395 votes.

In 2014, Wasylycia-Leis came second in the mayoral race, losing to Brian Bowman.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Electoral record

Federal

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Municipal

2010 Winnipeg Mayoral
Candidate Votes %
(x) Sam Katz 116,308 54.8
Judy Wasylycia-Leis 90,913 42.8
Brad Gross 3,398 1.68
Rav Gill 1,775 0.8
2014 Winnipeg Mayoral
Candidate Votes %
(x) Brian Bowman 111,504 47.54
Judy Wasylycia-Leis 58,440 24.29
Robert-Falcon Ouellette 36,823 15.70
Gord Steeves 21,080 8.99
David Sanders 3,718 1.59
Paula Havixbeck 2,083 0.89
Michel Fillion 898 0.38

See also

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