No matter how you look at it, Manitoba’s Oct. 3 election will be historic. Either Heather Stefanson — the first woman to serve as Manitoba premier — will be re-elected, or NDP leader Wab Kinew will become the first premier of First Nations descent and the first premier with Indigenous heritage in almost 150 years..
With just over a week until the next provincial election, two things are going very well for the Manitoba NDP, polls suggest: strong support for the party itself and a significant voter retreat from the Liberals.