Kerri Irvin-Ross


Kerri Irvin-Ross, is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She served as Manitoba's Minister of Healthy Living, Minister of Family Services and was crowned Deputy Premier of Manitoba in 2015 by the previous NDP government. She represented the constituency of Fort Richmond in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, prior to her defeat in the 2016 election.
Irvin-Ross defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Joy Smith by 87 votes in the riding of Fort Garry in the 2003 general election. She defeated Progressive Conservative Shaun McCaffrey in Fort Garry by 4,291 to 2,101 in the 2007 general election. In the 2011 general election, Irvin-Ross chose to run in the newly created constituency of Fort Richmond and was re-elected over McCaffrey by 4,026 votes to 2,908.
Irvin-Ross was defeated in the 2016 election, losing her seat to PC candidate Sarah Guillemard.