Tom Lindsey

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MLAMB|size=100%}} | image = | image_size = | caption = | office = 31st Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | term_start = November 9, 2023 | term_end = | predecessor = Myrna Driedger | successor = | office1 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Flin Flon | term_start1 = April 19, 2016 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = Clarence Pettersen | successor1 = | party = New Democratic | birth_date = | birth_place = Saskatchewan, Canada }} '''Tom Lindsey''' is a Canadian politician who is currently serving as the 31st Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. He has represented the riding of Flin Flon in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba since 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Manitoba election results|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2647832/manitoba-election-results-2016-a-live-riding-by-riding-breakdown-of-the-vote/|access-date=20 April 2016|work=Global News|date=19 April 2016}}</ref> He is a member of the Manitoba New Democratic Party.

==Biography== Born in Southern Saskatchewan, Lindsey moved to Flin Flon in 1974. Lindsey has been a member of the New Democratic Party since the 1970s. Lindsey worked in the Flin Flon mill, eventually becoming its head operator, and was active in the United Steelworkers Local 7106.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Provincial Election - Winnipeg Free Press |url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/provincial-election/?division=flin-flon&candidate=3293 |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=Winnipeg Free Press |language=en-CA}}</ref> A member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba, Lindsey defeated incumbent NDP MLA Clarence Pettersen for the party's nomination in the 2016 general election; he held the seat for the party while Pettersen ran as an independent candidate.

Lindsey was reelected in the 2019 election with an increased majority. In the Legislative Assembly, Lindsey served as the Official Opposition’s Critic for Labour, Resource Development and Northern Affairs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tom Lindsey |url=https://www.mbndp.ca/tomlindsey |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=Manitoba NDP |language=en}}</ref>

Lindsey was acclaimed as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba on November 9, 2023, thirty-seven days after the 2023 Manitoba general election, wherein the NDP won government from the Progressive Conservatives.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 November 2023 |title=Flin Flon MLA lone nominee to become next Speaker of Manitoba Legislature |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/northern-mla-to-be-next-speaker-1.7023190 |access-date=30 June 2025 |website=www.cbc.ca}}</ref>

In May 2025, Lindsey apologized for saying that a question by Greg Nesbitt suggesting that a mental health contract for workers who had searched a landfill for victims of the 2022 Winnipeg serial killings was for NDP Finance Minister Adrien Sala's personal use was out of order. Nesbitt subsequently apologized for the comments.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lambert |first=Steve |date=May 5, 2025 |title=New Manitoba PC leader apologizes for landfill search campaign ads |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/obby-khan-landfill-search-apology-1.7527219 |access-date=May 6, 2025 |work=CBC News |agency=The Canadian Press}}</ref>

==Electoral history== {{2023 Manitoba general election/Flin Flon}} {{2019 Manitoba general election/Flin Flon}} {{2016 Manitoba general election/Flin Flon}}

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