of Veterans' Affairs in the Conservative government of Stephen Harper. The reaction from her former NDP colleagues was mixed. Caucus Chair Judy Wasylycia-Leis described her decision as "mind-boggling and very disappointing", and commented that it was "hard to understand how Bev could have gone from being an active New Democrat to actually supporting and upholding the Stephen Harper agenda". Veterans Affairs critic Peter Stoffer said that Desjarlais had always worked well with MPs of all parties, and that she and Thompson would "work well together". She died in Brandon, Manitoba on March 15, 2018. Electoral record Desjarlais was re-elected to the Mystery Lake School Division in 1995. All electoral information is taken from Elections Canada. Italicized expenditures refer to submitted totals, and are presented when the final reviewed totals are not available. The list of winning candidates from 1992 is taken from the Winnipeg Free Press, 30 October 1992. Table of offices held Footnotes External links How'd They Vote?: Bev Desjarlais' voting history and quotes 1955 births 2018 deaths 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians Canadian Presbyterians Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Independent MPs in the Canadian House of Commons Manitoba school board members Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba Members of the United Church of Canada New Democratic Party MPs People from Thompson, Manitoba Politicians from Regina, Saskatchewan Women in Manitoba politics