Jenica Atwin
Jenica Atwin | |
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Atwin in 2023 | |
| Member of Parliament for Fredericton | |
| In office October 21, 2019 – March 23, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Matt DeCourcey |
| Succeeded by | David Myles |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous Services | |
| Assumed office September 16, 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jenica Powell January 10, 1987 Oromocto, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Other political affiliations | Green (2019–2021) |
| Spouse | Chris Atwin |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Bob Powell (father) Ron Tremblay (stepfather) |
| Residence | Rusagonis, New Brunswick |
Jenica Atwin (née Powell; born January 10, 1987) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Fredericton in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Atwin was the first Member of Parliament of the Green Party of Canada to be elected outside of British Columbia and the first woman to be elected in the riding of Fredericton. In June 2021, she crossed the floor from the Green Party to the Liberal Party of Canada, and was re-elected as a Liberal three months later in the 2021 federal election. She declined to run in the 2025 federal election.
Before politics, Atwin was an education consultant and researcher at a First Nations Education Centre.