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♂ Wab Kinew
aliasWab Kinew
Record
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Anishinaabe   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Manitoba
Government
 Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 3 0 3
Birth 31 December 1981
Age 42 years + 3 months
First mandate 19 April 2016 → 8 years + 8 days ago
↳ at age 34 years + 3 months
 
 
Special notes
First name is actually Wabanakwut.
 
Wab Kinew (1981– )
© Photo 2023 David L. Cohen — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 8 0 6 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 41–43
NDP
 1 Party leader 35–42 16 Sep 2017 — 6 7 11
2. MB 41–42
NDP
 1 Opposition Leader 35–41 16 Sep 2017 — 02 Oct 2023 6 0 16
3. MB 43
NDP
 1 Premier 41–42 03 Oct 2023 — 0 6 24

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊕ James R. Beddome  m 
⊕ Audrey Gordon  f 
 		 ⊕ Rana Bokhari  f 
 
Eligible: 13,896 Votes: 9,053 Participation: 65.15% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
41		 Manitoba
19 April 2016
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9822(F) — 20 Mar 2022 22:59 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
NDP
 1/6 3,360 37.63% +789 Loser:
PC
 2,571 28.80% Audrey Gordon

Service: 3 years 4 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 16,870 Votes: 9,913 Participation: 58.76% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
42		 Manitoba
10 September 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 27337(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
37
NDP
 1/6 5,055 51.24% +3,198 Loser:
PC
 1,857 18.82% Edna Nabess

Service: 4 years 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 16,576 Votes: 9,620 Participation: 58.04% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
43		 Manitoba
3 October 2023
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 39044(F) — 14 Oct 2023 09:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
41
NDP
 1/4 6,761 70.57% +5,195 Loser:
PC
 1,566 16.34% Réjeanne Caron

Service: 6 months 24 days (Gov't)

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Ian Froese, CBC News (14 August 2019), Raising Wab Kinew's troubled past makes sense, but still fraught with peril, political experts say		 05 Feb 2024
EN Non-standard link
Bartley Kives, CBC News (30 August 2019), Can Wab Kinew rise above his past? Experts split on whether Manitoba NDP leader is electable		 05 Feb 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Living
Kinew, Wab		 05 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés
Kinew, Wab		 05 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Wab Kinew		 05 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Wab Kinew		 05 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Feb 2024 07:59 (but data presented dynamically)

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