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Adrien Sala
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<h2 id="early-life-and-career">Early life and career</h2> <p>Adrien Sala was born in <a href="/facts/Thompson%2c_Manitoba/MhmHP0KM">Thompson, Manitoba</a>. He graduated from <a href="/facts/Coll%25C3%25A8ge_Jeanne-Sauv%25C3%25A9/LDb9XAQH">College Jeanne-Sauve</a> in south Winnipeg and went on to study business at the I.H. Asper School of Business at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Manitoba/hfbeSqly">University of Manitoba</a>, where he completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 2003. After graduating, he began his career working with youth, serving non-profit organizations in Winnipeg's <a href="/facts/West_End%2c_Winnipeg/eT6cUzrA">West Broadway</a> community, and would later go on to leadership roles with community programs serving underhoused and gang-involved youth in the West Broadway neighbourhood. During his time managing a community jobs program supporting underhoused youth, he returned to the University of Manitoba, where he completed a Master's of Science (MSc) degree focused on examining the ways homeless and underhoused youth were using information communication technologies to access the resources and supports they needed. </p><p>Sala later began working as a provincial civil servant with the Department of Housing and Community Development, where he worked in support of the delivery of social and affordable housing programming. In 2016, he took on a role within the financial services sector, eventually becoming the director of strategy and operations for <a href="/facts/Assiniboine_Credit_Union/cohRupg4">Assiniboine Credit Union</a>, one of the largest community-owned financial institutions in Manitoba. During this time, he studied project management at the University of Winnipeg. He became accredited as a Project Management Professional (PMP). Prior to running for office, Adrien also served as a board member with the <a href="/facts/John_Howard_Society/UlcB2vvo">John Howard Society</a> of Manitoba, as well as with the Centre for Aboriginal Human Resource Development. </p><p>Sala is also a songwriter who released two solo albums, <i>High Water Everywhere</i> (2006) and <i>Diamond in the Mind</i> (2009) on the Dollartone Records label. He often performed at Winnipeg's well known Times Changed High and Lonesome Club. Sala later recorded two albums with Winnipeg folk group Jackpine, <i>Brand New Good Old Days</i> (2009) and <i>Cabbage</i> (2010).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="electoral-record">Electoral record</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="9"><ul><li>v</li><li>t</li><li>e</li></ul><a href="/facts/2023_Manitoba_general_election/upYj2qoB">2023 Manitoba general election</a>: <a href="/facts/St._James_(provincial_electoral_district)/BjxNUd2k">St. James</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2 style=">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th><th>Expenditures</th></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/New_Democratic_Party_of_Manitoba/VKzITY4f">New Democratic</a></td><td>Adrien Sala</td><td>5,448</td><td>64.82</td><td>+17.56</td><td>$25,571.43</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Manitoba/jn7MmpGe">Progressive Conservative</a></td><td>Tim Diack</td><td>2,326</td><td>27.67</td><td>-5.16</td><td>$17,274.06</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Manitoba_Liberal_Party/r7Ubb3sj">Liberal</a></td><td>Randell Cacayuran</td><td>631</td><td>7.51</td><td>-2.88</td><td>$0.00</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Total valid votes/expense limit</td><td>8,405</td><td>99.55</td><td>–</td><td>$60,907.00</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots</td><td>38</td><td>0.45</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Turnout</td><td>8,443</td><td>54.68</td><td>-0.99</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Eligible voters</td><td>15,442</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/New_Democratic_Party_of_Manitoba/VKzITY4f">New Democratic</a> hold</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Swing_(politics)/EKz6hMy9">Swing</a></td><td>+11.36</td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="9"><ul><li>v</li><li>t</li><li>e</li></ul><a href="/facts/2019_Manitoba_general_election/qYls4gNA">2019 Manitoba general election</a>: <a href="/facts/St._James_(provincial_electoral_district)/BjxNUd2k">St. James</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2 style=">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th><th>Expenditures</th></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/New_Democratic_Party_of_Manitoba/VKzITY4f">New Democratic</a></td><td>Adrien Sala</td><td>4,002</td><td>47.25</td><td>+12.3</td><td>$20,052.47</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Manitoba/jn7MmpGe">Progressive Conservative</a></td><td>Michelle Richards</td><td>2,781</td><td>32.84</td><td>-6.1</td><td>$45,848.85</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Manitoba_Liberal_Party/r7Ubb3sj">Liberal</a></td><td>Bernd Hohne</td><td>880</td><td>10.39</td><td>-2.5</td><td>$3,102.61</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Green_Party_of_Manitoba/zTn5JGFo">Green</a></td><td>Jeff Buhse</td><td>806</td><td>9.52</td><td>-0.6</td><td>$939.40</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Total valid votes</td><td>8,469</td><td>–</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Rejected</td><td>41</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Eligible voters / turnout</td><td>15,288</td><td>55.40%</td><td>-5.91%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/New_Democratic_Party_of_Manitoba/VKzITY4f">New Democratic</a> gain from <a href="/facts/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Manitoba/jn7MmpGe">Progressive Conservative</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Swing_(politics)/EKz6hMy9">Swing</a></td><td>+9.2</td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and New Government Sworn In". Government of Manitoba. October 18, 2023. <a href="https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=60457&posted=2023-10-18" target="_blank">https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=60457&posted=2023-10-18</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Bryce Hoye, "Meet the rookies: Manitobans elect 13 first-time MLAs". CBC News Manitoba, September 11, 2019. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-election-2019-new-mlas-1.5275960" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-election-2019-new-mlas-1.5275960</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"JACKPINE". uniter.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-16. <a href="https://uniter.ca/view/jackpine" target="_blank">https://uniter.ca/view/jackpine</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>