Danielle Lynn Adams (September 24, 1983 – December 9, 2021) was a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2019 Manitoba general election.Bryce Hoye, "Meet the Rookies: Manitobans Elect 13 First-Time MLAs". CBC News Manitoba, September 11, 2019. She represented the electoral district of Thompson as a member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba.
Prior to her election to the provincial legislature, she worked as a constituency assistant to Niki Ashton, the federal New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski. Adams was the first woman to represent Thompson as an MLA.Ian Graham, "NDP's Danielle Adams Takes Thompson's Legislature Seat Back from Progressive Conservatives" . Thompson Citizen, September 11, 2019.
On December 9, 2021, Adams died at the age of 38 in a motor vehicle crash while driving south to Winnipeg on Manitoba Highway 6 after her SUV collided with a northbound semi-truck, 50 kilometres south of Ponton, Manitoba.NDP member of the Manitoba legislature Danielle Adams dies in car crash: NDP. Toronto Star, December 9, 2021.
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