Manitoba New Democratic Party
Nouveau Parti démocratique du Manitoba
Manitoba's social-democratic governing party. Founded in 1961 as the provincial wing of the federal NDP. Has formed government several times: Ed Schreyer (1969-1977), Howard Pawley (1981-1988), Gary Doer (1999-2009), Greg Selinger (2009-2016), and now Wab Kinew (since October 18, 2023). Kinew defeated PC Premier Heather Stefanson at the October 3, 2023 election to become the first First Nations Premier of any Canadian province, winning 34 seats out of 57. Before politics Kinew was an author, CBC broadcaster, and Vice-President of Indigenous Relations at the University of Winnipeg. His government's signature legislation has included the Public Health Care Protection Act (limiting private surgical contracting), the Affordable Utility Rates Act, the Northern Healthcare Access Act, and the Indigenous Healing and Wellness Act.
Leader
Wab Kinew
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Positions on Issues
Cost of Living
The Manitoba NDP under Premier Wab Kinew (since October 18, 2023) suspended Manitoba's 14 cents per litre provincial fuel tax for six months from January through June 2024, froze Manitoba Hydro residential rates for one year, eliminated the small-business payroll tax for businesses with fewer than $2.5 million in payroll, and committed to expanded school-nutrition programs in every Manitoba public school. The 2024 budget extended the fuel-tax pause through to December 2024 before reinstating at a reduced rate.
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The Manitoba NDP under Premier Wab Kinew (elected October 3, 2023) committed to reopening the three Winnipeg emergency rooms that the previous Pallister-Stefanson PC government had downgraded to urgent-care centres (Concordia, Seven Oaks, and Victoria), launched the Manitoba Health Workforce Strategy to recruit 400 new family doctors and 200 nurse practitioners over four years, signed the federal Pharmacare bilateral agreement on contraceptives and diabetes medications, opened the Manitoba Health Connectivity Hub for centralized health-data sharing, and frozen pharmacy fees on prescriptions covered by Manitoba Pharmacare.
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Members (9)
MB NDPAdrien Sala
Minister of Finance (Manitoba)
MB NDPBernadette Smith
Minister of Housing, Addictions and Homelessness (Manitoba)
MB NDPMatt Wiebe
Minister of Justice and Attorney General (Manitoba)
MB NDPMike Moyes
Minister of Environment and Climate Change (Manitoba)
MB NDPNahanni Fontaine
Minister of Families and Minister responsible for Gender Equity (Manitoba)
MB NDPNello Altomare
Former Minister of Education (Manitoba), MLA for Transcona (deceased January 14, 2025)
MB NDPTracy Schmidt
Minister of Education and Early Childhood Learning (Manitoba)
MB NDPUzoma Asagwara
Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care (Manitoba)
- MB NDP
Wab Kinew
Premier of ManitobaFort Rouge