Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Fort Rouge
Incumbent
Assumed office April 19, 2016
Preceded by
Jennifer Howard
Personal details
Born
Wabanakwut Kinew
(1981-12-31) December 31, 1981 (age 42) Kenora, Ontario, Canada
Political party
New Democratic
Spouse
Lisa Monkman
(m. 2014)
[1]
Children
3
Residence
Crescentwood, Winnipeg[2]
Alma mater
University of Manitoba (BA)
Occupation
Broadcaster, university administrator, musician, author
Website
wabkinew.ca
Wabanakwut "Wab" KinewMLA (/wɑːbkɪˈnuː/; born December 31, 1981) is a Canadian politician who has served as the 25th premier of Manitoba since October 18, 2023. Kinew has served as the leader of the Manitoba New Democratic Party (NDP) since September 16, 2017 and served as Leader of the Opposition prior to the NDP's election victory in the 2023 Manitoba general election. He represents Fort Rouge in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
Before entering politics, Kinew was an author, musician, broadcaster and university administrator, best known as a host of programming on CBC Radio and CBC Television.[3] Kinew is Canada's first provincial premier of First Nations descent, and Manitoba's first Indigenous premier since Métis Premier John Norquay in 1887.
^Welch, Mary Agnes (2017). "Wab Kinew". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on September 10, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
^"Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^DeMara, Bruce (January 17, 2012). "CBC series 8th Fire aims to dispel native stereotypes". Toronto Star. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
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leader on May 7, 2016. Prominent Indigenous broadcaster and first-term MLA WabKinew was elected as permanent leader at the 2017 leadership convention. He...
and Flow First Nation in Manitoba. Her death prompted criticism from WabKinew, the Leader of the Opposition, who questioned whether Mousseau had been...
(Danielle Smith of Alberta) is a woman and three (P.J. Akeeagok of Nunavut, WabKinew of Manitoba, and R.J. Simpson of the Northwest Territories) are Indigenous...
second majority government with a loss of two seats. The NDP, led by WabKinew, gained six seats and retained their position as the official opposition...
second ballot. In 2017, Ashton ran for Manitoba NDP leader losing to WabKinew. Ashton was born in Surrey, England, the son of John Stewart Ashton and...
CBC News. Retrieved October 17, 2023. Petz, Sarah (October 18, 2023). "WabKinew officially sworn in as Manitoba's 1st First Nations premier". CBC News...
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moderated the competition. The 2015 edition of Canada Reads was moderated by WabKinew, with the theme of the discussions being "One Book to Break Barriers"...
elected to represent the people of Manitoba. The premier of Manitoba is WabKinew, who was elected in the 2023 provincial election. The province is represented...
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Archived from the original on July 6, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2019. WabKinew [@WabKinew] (October 21, 2019). "I'm proud to live in a country where @jagmeetsingh...
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