Wab Kinew will soon be the only First Nations premier in Canadian history after voters in Manitoba elected a New Democratic Party government on Tuesday.
Late on Tuesday, CBC projected Kinew's NDP won 30 seats out of Manitoba's 57 electoral districts, enough to form a majority government. The Progressive Conservatives garnered 19 seats and the Liberals were reduced to one, with seven races still too tight to call."This is a great victory for all of us in Manitoba," Kinew told supporters at NDP campaign headquarters Tuesday night. "We can do amazing things when we stand together as one province.
His win may help Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whom conservative premiers have opposed, according to Kelly Saunders, associate professor of political science at Brandon University. It was not until 1960 that the Canadian government passed legislation giving all First Nations adults the right to vote.
Kinew's early run-ins with police dogged his political aspirations, including a 2003 conviction for refusing a breathalyser.
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