Oscar Lathlin (May 20, 1947 – November 1, 2008) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada, and was a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Gary Doer.
He was named executive director of the Swampy Cree Tribal Council in 1979, and was elected chief of The Pas Band in 1985.
The NDP won the general election of 1999, although Lathlin was only re-elected by a narrow margin over PC candidate Ron Evans, a local aboriginal leader.
On September 25, 2002, he was transferred to the Ministry of Aboriginal and Northern Affairs, also holding responsibility for the Communities Economic Development Fund.
[3] On November 2, 2008, the Winnipeg Free Press reported that Lathlin had died early that morning.