Jaime Battiste
Jaime Battiste | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Sydney—Victoria | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Eyking |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1979 (age 45–46) Eskasoni First Nation, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Canada |
| Residence | Eskasoni, Nova Scotia[1] |
Jaime Battiste MP (born 1979) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Sydney—Victoria in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Liberal Party in the 2019 Canadian federal election.[2] He is the first Mi'kmaw Member of Parliament in Canada.[3]
Background
Battiste is the son of Chickasaw legal scholar James (Sákéj) Youngblood Henderson and Miꞌkmaq scholar Marie Battiste.[4] Both, James, and Marie, have won Indspire awards for their contributions to justice and education in Canada.
Battiste spent his formative years in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, graduating from Evan Hardy Collegiate in 1997.
From 2005-2006, Battiste served as Co-Chair of the Assembly of First Nations National Youth Council.
Battiste was a member of the Content Advisory Committee for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
Battiste is a graduate of Dalhousie Law School.
Battiste was responsible for the negotiation of the memorandum of understanding that established treaty education in Nova Scotia.
In 2017, Battiste was awarded the Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers.[5]
As a musician, his band, 2nd Generation, has been nominated for multiple awards, and won an East Coast Music Award in 2024.[6]
Political career
In April 2019, Battiste announced he was seeking the Liberal nomination in Sydney—Victoria for the 2019 federal election.[7] He won the nomination on July 13, 2019.[8]
On October 21, 2019, Battiste was elected as the Member of Parliament in Sydney—Victoria becoming the first Mi'kmaq Member of Parliament.[9]
Battiste was elected as Chair of Liberal Indigenous Caucus in 2019, and has focused on increasing investment in Indigenous communities, in addition to the continued advancement of reconciliation.
Battiste has focused on environmental advocacy, with the passage of a private member’s motion, M-35.[10]
On December 3, 2021, Battiste was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations.[11]
During his second term, Battiste has advocated for the elimination of the Second Generation Cut-Off under the Indian Act.[12]
Battiste will seek re-election in the 2025 Canadian federal election in the newly formed Sydney—Glace Bay.[13]
He is considered as a possible candidate in the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, upon the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.[14][15][16]
Electoral record
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Sydney—Victoria | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Jaime Battiste | 14,250 | 39.2 | +8.3 | $68,768.55 | |||
| Conservative | Eddie Orrell | 13,166 | 36.3 | +8.6 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Jeff Ward | 7,217 | 19.9 | -0.2 | $11,605.07 | |||
| People's | Ronald Angus Barron | 1,176 | 3.2 | N/A | $1,145.74 | |||
| Green | Mark Embrett | 376 | 1.0 | -4.5 | $0.00 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Nikki Boisvert | 127 | 0.3 | N/A | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 36,312 | 98.7 | ±0.0 | $102,433.21 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 472 | 1.3 | ±0.0 | |||||
| Turnout | 36,784 | 61.6 | -6.5 | |||||
| Registered voters | 59,757 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.2 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[17][18] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Sydney—Victoria | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Jaime Battiste | 12,536 | 30.90 | −42.30 | $63,429.21 | |||
| Conservative | Eddie Orrell | 11,227 | 27.68 | +17.04 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Jodi McDavid | 8,146 | 20.08 | +7.02 | none listed | |||
| Independent | Archie MacKinnon | 5,679 | 14.00 | New | none listed | |||
| Green | Lois Foster | 2,249 | 5.54 | +3.04 | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Kenzie MacNeil | 480 | 1.18 | New | none listed | |||
| Veterans Coalition | Randy Joy | 248 | 0.61 | New | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 40,565 | 98.72 | $99,536.07 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 528 | 1.28 | +0.71 | |||||
| Turnout | 41,093 | 68.12 | −0.84 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 60,322 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −29.67 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[19] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ "Battiste, Kelloway continue Liberal rule in Cape Breton". The Chronicle-Herald. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ Fraser, Jeremy (October 21, 2019). "VIDEO: Jaime Battiste becomes first Mi'kmaw MP after winning riding of Sydney-Victoria". capebretonpost.com. Cape Breton Post. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ^ "July". CBU.ca. Cape Breton University. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ^ "Mr. Jaime Young Medicine Battiste".
- ^ "Mi'kmaw acts shine at first day of 2024 ECMAs".
- ^ "Local Mi'kmaq leader to seek Liberal nomination in Sydney-Victoria". Cape Breton Post. April 24, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Battiste wins Liberal nomination for Sydney-Victoria". capebretonpost.com. Cape Breton Post. July 13, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ^ MacDonald, Michael (October 22, 2019). "Meet Jaime Battiste: Nova Scotia's first Mi'kmaq member of Parliament". Global News - Canada. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- ^ "M-35 INSTRUCTION TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (ENVIRONMENT GRADING LABEL)".
- ^ "Prime Minister welcomes new parliamentary secretaries". Prime Minister of Canada. December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ "Moving forward on the path to self-determination".
- ^ Battiste, Jaime (November 22, 2024). "For Immediate Release:". Facebook. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
- ^ Rana, Abbas (January 4, 2025). "If Trudeau announces he's stepping down, expect another cabinet shuffle, say Liberal sources". The Hill Times. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
- ^ "Mark Carney makes his leadership pitch to a skeptical Liberal caucus - National | Globalnews.ca". Global News.
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jaimie-battiste-liberal-leadership-campaign-1.7429987
- ^ "Confirmed candidates — Sydney—Victoria". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
- ^ "September 20, 2021 General Election Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
External links
- 1979 births
- Living people
- 21st-century First Nations people
- Chickasaw people
- Indigenous Members of the House of Commons of Canada
- Lawyers in Nova Scotia
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia
- Eskasoni First Nation people
- Schulich School of Law alumni
- 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
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