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Solid NDP win cements Kinew as 1st First Nations premier in Manitoba history

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New Democrats emerge with enough seats to form majority government

Bryce Hoye · CBC News · Posted: Oct 03, 2023 8:00 PM CDT

The NDP sailed to victory Tuesday night with a solid win that cements leader Wab Kinew as Manitoba's first First Nations premier and also nets the party enough seats to form a majority government.

"This is a great victory for all of us in Manitoba," Kinew said to thunderous applause at NDP campaign headquarters Tuesday night, after leading his party to a win in Fort Rouge.

"We can do amazing things when we stand together as one province." . . . .

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LISTEN: CBC "the Current" - Wab Kinew . . . . . October 4, 2023

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Fresh from his election win in Manitoba, NDP Leader Wab Kinew talks to Matt Galloway about becoming the first First Nations provincial leader in Canada; and delivering on campaign promises around health care, affordability and searching a landfill for two missing women.