Victory follows bitter campaign in which Kinew fended off attacks from incumbent Progressive Conservatives over troubled past
Manitoba NDP leader Wab Kinew greets candidates and supporters at the St. Boniface campaign office on provincial election day in Winnipeg, Man., Tuesday, October 3, 2023.Wab Kinew, the leader of Manitoba’s New Democratic Party, is set to become Canada’s first First Nations provincial premier after winning Tuesday’s election.
The NDP victory breaks up the alliance of right-leaning provincial premiers spanning from Alberta to the Maritimes, and could give Prime Minister Justin Trudeau an ally in western Canada. And Mr. Kinew’s path from his childhood days on the Onigaming First Nation to the Premier’s Office marks a breakthrough for First Nations representation in Canadian politics.Dougald Lamont announced Tuesday he would step down as Manitoba Liberal Leader after losing his seat in St.
Mr. Pallister further shed support after he made what many considered insensitive remarks about residential schools in chastising those who toppled statues of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth during a walk to remember Indigenous children. “Our PCs are really borrowing a page from their Prairie cousins” and the Conservative Party of Canada, she said. “They are playing with politics that we’ve never really seen before here.”
The PCs also campaigned on not searching the Prairie Green landfill for the remains of two missing Indigenous women: Morgan Harris, 39, and Marcedes Myran, 26. Police in Winnipeg believe an alleged serial killer murdered them and their remains were then transported to the landfill.Public opinion on whether to search the landfill is roughly split, according to observers, but campaigning on not trying to find the women’s remains is a “bizarre election plank,” according to Prof. Saunders.
Prof. Saunders expects political strategists across the spectrum – but particularly in conservative strongholds – to take note of how Manitobans responded to Ms. Stefanson’s strategic shift.While the PCs shifted to social conservatism, proposed affordability measures, and steered attention away from their record, the NDP ran a focused and disciplined campaign, experts said.
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