Georgina Jolibois

{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1968)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Georgina Jolibois

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| riding = Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River

| parliament = Canadian

| term_start = October 19, 2015

| term_end = October 21, 2019

| predecessor = Rob Clarke

| successor = Gary Vidal

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1968}}

| birth_place = La Loche, Saskatchewan, Canada

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| party = New Democratic Party

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| office2 = Mayor of La Loche

| termstart2 = 2003

| termend2 = 2015

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Georgina Jolibois (born 1968) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Canadian federal election to represent the riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River during the 42nd Canadian Parliament.{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/2287506/ndps-georgina-jolibois-wins-in-desnethe-missinippi-churchill-river/|title=NDP's Georgina Jolibois wins in Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River|website=Global News|language=en|access-date=2019-12-05|archive-date=2019-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028200043/https://globalnews.ca/news/2287506/ndps-georgina-jolibois-wins-in-desnethe-missinippi-churchill-river/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/conservatives-win-desneth%C3%A9-missinippi-churchill-river-results-show-tight-race-between-ndp-incumbent-and-liberal-challenger-1.4649210?cache=|title=Conservatives win Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River, results show tight race between NDP incumbent and Liberal challenger|date=2019-10-21|website=Saskatoon|language=en|access-date=2019-12-05|archive-date=2019-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104210258/https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/conservatives-win-desneth%C3%A9-missinippi-churchill-river-results-show-tight-race-between-ndp-incumbent-and-liberal-challenger-1.4649210?cache=|url-status=live}} Jolibois sought re-election in the 2019 election but was defeated by her Conservative challenger Gary Vidal.

Prior to her election, Jolibois served for twelve years as mayor of La Loche, Saskatchewan.{{Cite web|url=https://thestarphoenix.com/news/crime/it-could-have-happened-anywhere-local-mp-says-la-loche-will-heal|title='It could have happened anywhere': Local MP says La Loche will heal|last=Hamilton|first=Charles|work=Saskatoon StarPhoenix|date=2016-01-28|language=en|access-date=2019-12-05|archive-date=2019-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104035314/https://thestarphoenix.com/news/crime/it-could-have-happened-anywhere-local-mp-says-la-loche-will-heal|url-status=live}} She also served ten years on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police "F" Division Aboriginal Advisory Committee.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/SECU/meeting-130/evidence|title=Evidence - SECU (42-1) - No. 130 - House of Commons of Canada|website=www.ourcommons.ca|language=en|access-date=2019-12-05|archive-date=2019-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205082748/https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/SECU/meeting-130/evidence|url-status=live}}

Jolibois sponsored the private member's Bill C-369, which sought to make National Indigenous Peoples Day a legal holiday.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/bill-national-indigenous-peoples-day-stat-holiday-1.4379221|title=Bill proposing National Indigenous Peoples Day be a stat holiday is moving forward|date=October 30, 2017|work=CBC News|access-date=December 5, 2019|archive-date=October 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023111550/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/bill-national-indigenous-peoples-day-stat-holiday-1.4379221|url-status=live}} While the bill was not adopted, a similar bill was adopted in the subsequent parliament, making September 30 a legal holiday called National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-government-tables-legislation-on-national-day-for-truth-and/ |publisher=The Globe and Mail |title=Ottawa tables legislation on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation |date=September 29, 2020 |first=Kristy |last=Kirkup |access-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-date=September 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924094558/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-government-tables-legislation-on-national-day-for-truth-and/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ResearchPublications/LegislativeSummaries/432C5E |publisher=Library of Parliament |title=Legislative Summary of Bill C-5: An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code (National Day for Truth and Reconciliation) |date=November 3, 2020 |first1=Brittany |last1=Collier |first2=Gabrielle |last2=de Billy Brown |access-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-date=August 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801115840/https://lop.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ResearchPublications/LegislativeSummaries/432C5E |url-status=live }}

In late 2021, Jolibois was named the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party's candidate for the Athabasca by-election{{cite web |title=Former MP Georgina Jolibois to run for NDP in northern Sask. byelection |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-byelection-jolibois-ndp-1.6290777 |access-date=2024-03-17 |archive-date=2022-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106022545/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-byelection-jolibois-ndp-1.6290777 |url-status=live }} to replace Buckley Belanger, which occurred on February 15, 2022. In an upset, she was defeated by the Saskatchewan Party's candidate Jim Lemaigre.