Tina Keeper

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Tina Keeper
Tina Keeper for Argyle Sox Productions.jpg
Keeper in 2014
Member of Parliament
for Churchill
In office
January 23, 2006 October 14, 2008
Expenditures
Liberal Tina Keeper10,15940.68+2.3$75,179
New Democratic Niki Ashton 7,10328.41-15.0$70,290
Independent Bev Desjarlais 4,28317.15-26.3$23,042
Conservative Nazir Ahmad2,88611.55-3.6$23,875
Green Jeff Fountain4011.60-1.4$2,837
Independent Brad Bodnar1460.58$69
Total valid votes24,966100.00 
Total rejected ballots90 0.36
Turnout25,05653.63+14.1
  Liberal gain from New Democrat Swing+8.7
2008 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Niki Ashton 8,73447.76+19.35$79,086
Liberal Tina Keeper5,28928.74-11.94
Conservative Wally Daudrich3,77320.50+8.95$45,616
Green Saara Harvie6063.29+1.69$28
Total valid votes/Expense limit18,402 100.00 $91,452
Total rejected ballots102 0.55+0.19
Turnout18,50440.15 -13.48
  New Democrat gain from Liberal Swing+

Awards

In addition to her Gemini Award nominations and win, she is the recipient of a National Aboriginal Achievement Award, [14] three American Indian Film Festival awards for acting and producing, and a 2014 Canadian Civil Liberties Association award for Public Engagement. [15] She was named ACTRA's Woman of the Year in 2017. [3] In June 2017, Keeper received both an honorary doctor of letters from Wilfrid Laurier University, [3] and a Governor General's Meritorious Service Medal for the ballet Going Home Star. [16]

She was named to the Order of Manitoba in 2002. [1]

In December 2019, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television announced Keeper as the recipient of its Earle Grey Award at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards. [17]

In June 2024, Keeper was inducted as a Member of the Order of Canada by Governor General Mary Simon. The order recognizes her work as an actress and producer, most known for her role in CBC's North of 60, as well as for being one of the first Cree members of Parliament. [18]

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