WINNIPEG –
Manitoba’s governing Progressive Conservatives have chosen Heather Stefanson as their new chief and the province’s subsequent premier.
Stefanson, the province’s former well being minister, was working towards former member of Parliament Shelly Glover, and gained by a margin of lower than 400 votes.
“I am prepared to deal with the numerous challenges dealing with us,” Stefanson mentioned in her victory speech.
“We’ll face these challenges collectively.”
The management race started in the summertime after former premier Brian Pallister introduced he was stepping down.
The competition was not too long ago marred by complaints that many get together members didn’t obtain mail-in ballots in time to vote, and Glover known as for the vote depend to be delayed.
Stefanson will develop into Manitoba’s first feminine premier as soon as she is sworn in.
The subsequent election is slated for October 2023.
It is a growing story. Extra particulars to come back.
