Background
Kiwala was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario.
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Sophie Kiwala
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She studied political science at Queen"s University.
Career
She represents the riding of Kingston and the Islands. She moved to Toronto shortly after finishing high school, and took courses at Humber College. Kiwala ran for the Liberal nomination after incumbent Liberal Master in Public Policy John Gerretsen announced in 2013 that he would not be running for re-election.
She defeated three other candidates for the nomination, including former Kingston mayor Harvey Rosen.
In the 2014 Ontario election, Kiwala was elected in the riding of Kingston and the Islands, defeating New Democrat candidate Mary Rita Holland by 6,022 votes. She is a Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport.
In 2014, Kiwala focused attention on the issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada. As part of her campaign to raise awareness, she publicized the Faceless Doll Project, an art project which uses faceless female dolls to represent the missing women.
On October 23, 2014 she read a Members" motion in the legislature calling on the Ontario Legislature to support the National Aboriginal Organisations" call on the Federal government to initiate a public inquiry to study the issue.
Achievements
Membership
She is an Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2014.
