Billie Cross is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2023 Manitoba general election. She represents the district of Seine River as a member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba.[3]
Billie Cross | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Seine River | |
| Assumed office October 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Janice Morley-Lecomte |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Winnipeg[1] |
| Political party | New Democratic Party (provincial and federal) |
| Spouse | Steve[1] |
| Children | 3[2] |
Prior to her election, she worked as a teacher with the Louis Riel School Division, which serves schools in southeast Winnipeg. She also co-owns a butcher shop with her husband.[1] Her mother's family is Métis and her father's family is of Ukrainian descent.[2][4]
Electoral history
| 2023 Manitoba general election: Seine River | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Billie Cross | 5,381 | 52.08 | +26.07 | $31,139.94 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Janice Morley-Lecomte | 3,974 | 38.46 | -6.58 | $39,828.20 | |||
| Liberal | James Bloomfield | 846 | 8.19 | -13.97 | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Martin J. Stadler | 131 | 1.27 | – | $1,388.96 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 10,332 | 99.64 | – | $63,492.00 | ||||
| Total rejected and declined ballots | 37 | 0.36 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 10,369 | 63.64 | +1.52 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 16,293 | |||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +16.32 | ||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Saint Boniface—Saint Vital | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Dan Vandal | 20,300 | 42.88 | -15.56 | $44,810.61 | |||
| Conservative | Rejeanne Caron | 15,436 | 32.61 | +3.92 | $74,515.57 | |||
| New Democratic | Billie Cross | 8,037 | 16.98 | +6.39 | none listed | |||
| Green | Ben Linnick | 2,671 | 5.64 | +3.35 | $2,073.90 | |||
| People's | Adam McAllister | 591 | 1.25 | $4,426.19 | ||||
| Independent | Sharma Baljeet | 303 | 0.64 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,338 | 99.43 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 269 | 0.57 | +0.25 | |||||
| Turnout | 47,607 | 69.37 | -4.61 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 68,631 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -9.74 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2019 Manitoba general election: Lagimodière | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Andrew Smith | 5,187 | 51.78 | -12.1 | $22,483.72 | |||
| New Democratic | Billie Cross | 2,792 | 27.87 | +5.8 | $11,981.93 | |||
| Liberal | Jake Sacher | 1,481 | 14.78 | +0.9 | $5,080.09 | |||
| Green | Bob Krul | 557 | 5.56 | +5.4 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 10,017 | 99.47 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 53 | 0.53 | ||||||
| Turnout | 10,070 | 62.27 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 16,172 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -9.0 | ||||||