Dougald Lamont

Dougald Lamont (born April 23, 1969) is a Canadian politician and leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party.[2] He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, representing the constituency of St. Boniface since a by-election held on July 17, 2018.

Dougald Lamont MLA
Leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party
Incumbent
Assumed office October 21, 2017
Preceded by	Rana Bokhari
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St. Boniface
Incumbent
Assumed office July 17, 2018
Preceded by	Greg Selinger
Personal details
Born	(1969-04-23) April 23, 1969[1] Winnipeg, Manitoba
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Cecilia Lamont
Children	4
Parents	Frank (deceased), Judy Lamont
Residence	Winnipeg
Alma mater	University of Manitoba
Profession	Politician, businessman, teacher

Lamont holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in English literature from the University of Manitoba. He was a vice-president of the Graduate Students’ Association and member of the University of Manitoba Board of Governors. Lamont worked as a lecturer in government-business relations at the University of Winnipeg.

He ran for a seat in the Manitoba legislature in the 2003 provincial election, placing second in St. Boniface behind then-finance minister and future New Democratic Party of Manitoba leader and Premier Greg Selinger.

In 2013, Lamont was the runner-up in the Manitoba Liberal Party leadership election to Rana Bokhari.

Lamont has worked as an advisor to Jon Gerrard, Sharon Carstairs, MaryAnn Mihychuk, Robert-Falcon Ouellette, and Winnipeg City Council member John Orlikow. He served as co-chair of Ouellette's campaign to become Mayor of Winnipeg in 2014, and was director of communications for Ouellette's successful campaign to become Member of Parliament for Winnipeg Centre in 2015.

Lamont was elected Manitoba Liberal leader at the October 21, 2017 Liberal leadership election, defeating MLA Cindy Lamoureux on the second ballot by eight votes.[3] On July 17, 2018, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St. Boniface in a by-election held after Greg Selinger resigned as the riding's MLA when he retired from politics.

Lamont led the Manitoba Liberals into the 2019 provincial election. He was one of three Liberal MLAs returned, being re-elected in St. Boniface, while Gerrard was re-elected in River Heights and Lamoureux won in Tyndall Park.

Electoral record

2019 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dougald Lamont	4,077
	New Democratic	Laurissa Sims	2,939
	Progressive Conservative	Megan Hoskins	1,889
	Green	Jaclyn Jeanson	840
	Manitoba	Simone Fortier	76
Total valid votes				100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

Manitoba provincial by-election, 17 July 2018: St. Boniface (provincial electoral district) Resignation of Greg Selinger
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dougald Lamont	2,625	42.03	+22.57	$
	New Democratic	Blandine Tona	1,770	28.34	-14.07	$
	Green	Françoise Therrien Vrignon	1,017	16.28	+4.02	$
	Progressive Conservative	Mamadou Ka	834	13.35	-12.52	$
Total valid votes			6,246	99.62
Total rejected and declines votes			24	0.38	-1.24
Turnout			6,270	48.38	-15.29
Electors on the lists			12,960
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+18.32

2003 Manitoba general election: St. Boniface
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Greg Selinger	4,904	74.34	+17.77	$18,257.78
	Liberal	Dougald Lamont	952	14.43	-16.71	$5,020.72
	Progressive Conservative	Dan Zahari	741	11.23	-1.05	$769.27
Total valid votes			6,597	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			38
Turnout			6,635	52.19
Electors on the lists			12,712

References

1. Macdonell, Beth (October 22, 2017). "New Liberal Leader Dougald Lamont plans to win seat before next election". Winnipeg.
2. Nick Martin (October 21, 2017). "Dougald Lamont wins Liberal leadership". Winnipeg Free Press.
3. Dan Lett (October 22, 2017). "All systems go for Liberal reboot. Will they blow it?". Winnipeg Free Press.