WASWANIPI, Que.—Mandy Gull-Masty has been elected in Abitibi–Baie-James–Nunavik–Eeyou, as the first Cree woman to serve as a Member of Parliament for the region. Gull-Masty secured 41.2 per cent of the vote, unseating the two-term incumbant MP.
Gull-Masty, from Waswanipi, Que., is the former grand chief of Eeyou Istchee. She enters Parliament representing one of the largest and most culturally diverse ridings in Canada.
"This is going to be a new endeavour because I'm working not only for the Cree Nation, but also for the Inuit, the Anishinaabe, the Jamesie population, the Abitibi population,"...
