Heather Stefanson has been elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, and becomes the first female Premier of the province. Stefanson won by 363 votes, over former MP Shelly Glover.
Stefanson was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in a 2000 by-election, replacing former Progressive Conservative Premier Gary Filmon in the south Winnipeg riding of Tuxedo.
In 2016, Stefanson was appointed as Manitoba’s Deputy Premier and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General. In 2018, she became Minister of Families, in addition to her role as Deputy Premier. Earlier this year, she was given the position of Manitoba Health, and assumed the role of Deputy Premier removed in place of Kelvin Goertzen, who filled in after the resignation of former premier Brian Pallister.
Some controversy remains over approximately 1000 ballots that appear to have gone missing.
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