Dougald Lamont, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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politician
Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1969
Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Dougald Lamont
- Dougald Lamont (born April 23, 1969) is a Canadian politician, currently the leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party.
- He was elected the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St.
- Boniface in a by-election held on July 17, 2018. Lamont holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and Master of Arts degree in English literature from the University of Manitoba.
- He was a vice-president of the Graduate Students’ Association and member of the University of Manitoba Board of Governors.
- Lamont worked as a lecturer in government-business relations at the University of Winnipeg. He ran for a seat in the Manitoba legislature in the 2003 provincial election, placing second in St.
- Boniface behind then-finance minister and future New Democratic Party of Manitoba leader and Premier Greg Selinger. In 2013, Lamont was the runner-up in the Manitoba Liberal Party leadership election to Rana Bokhari. Lamont has worked as an advisor to Jon Gerrard, Sharon Carstairs, MaryAnn Mihychuk, Robert-Falcon Ouellette, and Winnipeg City Council member John Orlikow.
- He served as co-chair of Ouellette's campaign to become Mayor of Winnipeg in 2014, and was director of communications for Ouellette's campaign for Member of Parliament in Winnipeg Centre in 2015. Lamont was elected Manitoba Liberal leader at the October 21, 2017 Liberal leadership election, defeating MLA Cindy Lamoureux on the second ballot by eight votes.
- On July 17, 2018, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St.
- Boniface in a by-election held after Greg Selinger resigned as the riding's MLA when he retired from politics. Lamont led the Manitoba Liberals into the 2019 provincial election and the party led their 3 seats.
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