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First Nations Leader Elected Premier of Manitoba

Manitoba New Democratic Party Leader Wab Kinew campaigns in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada September 4, 2023. Manitoba NDP/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo
FILE - Wab Kinew attends the second annual Orange Shirt Day Survivors Walk and Pow Wow on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sept. 30, 2022. The Canadian province of Manitoba has elected the first First Nations premier of a province in Canada. Manitobans elected an NDP government led by Wab Kinew, was raised as a young boy on the Onigaming First Nation in northwestern Ontario, later moving with his family to Winnipeg. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)

Overview

  • Wab Kinew of the New Democratic Party has been elected premier of Manitoba, becoming the first Indigenous person to hold the position.
  • Kinew is a member of the Anishinaabe First Nations community and his victory marks a historic first in the province.
  • The NDP won a majority in the provincial legislature, defeating the Progressive Conservatives who had been in power for seven years.
  • Kinew campaigned on issues like healthcare access rather than emphasizing Indigenous matters specifically.
  • Moderate Conservatives concerned about a rightward shift in their party also influenced the election outcome.