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Flor Marcelino, (born October 5, 1951) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2007 provincial election, for the electoral division of Wellington. In the 2011 provincial election, she was re-elected to a second term in office in the new electoral district of Logan.
- Family and Education
- Immigration
- Provincial Politics
- Manitoba NDP Interim Leader
- Awards and Honours
Born Florfina de Guzman in 1951, Flor Marcelino was raised in poverty in the postwar Philippines. She was the eldest of six children. Her father was an ordained Christianminister who served in churches in Laguna, Manila and Quezon City. He died of a heart attack when she was only 10 years old. Her mother tried to do menial jobs like washing clothes...
Flor de Guzman-Marcelino, alongside her husband and first two of five children, came to Canada in June 1982. Her family was sponsored by her brother-in-law, who had moved to Canada two years earlier. (See Immigration to Canada.) They lived in Winnipeg’s Weston neighbourhood in the Tyndall Park constituency. She was first employed as a secretary at ...
At first, Flor Marcelino didn’t have any plan to enter politics. Later on, she mentioned that she was motivated by her interest to serve the people. She also cited her passion for social justice. Finally, support from family and the church minister convinced her to run a couple of weeks before the 2007 Manitobageneral elections. She decided to run ...
Flor Marcelino made history once again when she became the first racialized woman to lead a political party in Manitoba. On 7 May 2016, she was chosen to lead the party on an interim basis after outgoing Premier Greg Selinger resigned from its leadership. During that year’s general elections, the ruling NDP government was defeated. The party took o...
In 2013, Flor Marcelino received the National Ethnic Press and Media Council (NEPMCC) Award for Distinguished Services in Humanities, Public Service and the Arts. The Legislative Assembly of Manitobarecognized her as 1 of 18 trailblazing women in the province’s 100-year history between 1916 and 2016. Her photo profile is included in a permanent gal...
1 de nov. de 2017 · November 01, 2017. Hits: 3893. Flor Marcelino is on her third term as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Manitoba. After heading the New Democratic Party (NDP) of Manitoba for more than a year, Flor Marcelino recently passed on the baton to a new leader.
3 de jun. de 2019 · Manitoba. Former interim NDP leader Flor Marcelino won't run for re-election. Marcelino was the first woman of colour to be elected as an MLA in Manitoba. Ian Froese · CBC News · Posted: Jun...
30 de dic. de 2016 · Flor Marcelino named interim leader of Manitoba NDP. Marcelino had been in the Legislature since 2007 and was a cabinet minister in the Selinger government. The hope was that as interim leader...
7 de may. de 2016 · Flor Marcelino favoured as Manitoba NDP's interim leader. On Saturday afternoon at the Transcona Canad Inns, NDP provincial council voted in favour of making the Logan MLA, and former minister...
30 de abr. de 2016 · Flor Marcelino, the minister of multiculturalism and literacy, has been chosen by both the NDP caucus and the party executive to lead the New Democrats until a permanent leader can be chosen....
