New Democratic Party of Manitoba leadership election, 2009

New Democratic Party of Manitoba leadership election, 2009
Date	October 16-17 2009
Convention	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Campaign to replace	Gary Doer
Won by	Greg Selinger
Ballots	1
Candidates	Steve Ashton Greg Selinger Andrew Swan (withdrew)
Entrance Fee	C$500 (deposit)
Spending limit	C$50,000
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The New Democratic Party of Manitoba leadership election of 2009 was prompted by former leader Gary Doer's resignation. Doer announced on August 27, 2009 that he intended to resign as leader of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba and Premier of Manitoba and the next day he announced that he was to become the next Canadian Ambassador to the United States. A leadership convention was held on October 16-17 to choose the new leader. There were two candidates for the position: former Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Steve Ashton and former Minister of Finance, Greg Selinger. Selinger received 65.75% of the ballots, and as such was elected party leader and became Premier-designate.

Declared candidates

Steve Ashton

Steve Ashton is the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Thompson^[1] and was the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs until he resigned to run for the leadership on September 4, 2009.^[2]

Endorsements

• Niki Ashton, Member of Parliament for Churchill
• Daryl Reid, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Transcona
• Bidhu Jha, Member of the Legislative Assembly

Greg Selinger

Greg Selinger is the Member of the Legislative Assembly for St. Boniface^[1] and was the Minister of Finance until he resigned to run for the leadership on September 8, 2009.^[3][4]

Endorsements

Provincial cabinet ministers

• Nancy Allan, Minister of Labour and Immigration
• Diane McGifford , Minister of Advanced Education and Literacy
• Christine Melnick, Minister of Water Stewardship
• Kerri Irvin-Ross, Minister of Healthy Living
• Theresa Oswald, Minister of Health
• Eric Robinson, Minister of Culture, Heritage, Tourism and Sport and Acting Minister of Aboriginal and Northern Affairs
• Jim Rondeau, Minister of Energy, Science and Technology
• Rosann Wowchuk, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives

Members of Parliament

• Judy Wasylycia-Leis, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg North

Members of the Legislative Assembly

• Rob Altemeyer, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Wolseley
• Bill Blaikie, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Elmwood and former Dean of the House of Commons and Member of Parliament for Elmwood—Transcona^[5]
• Marilyn Brick, Member of the Legislative Assembly for St. Norbert
• Drew Caldwell, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Brandon East
• Greg Dewar, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Selkirk
• Jennifer Howard, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fort Rouge
• Bonnie Korzeniowski, Member of the Legislative Assembly for St. James
• Flor Marcelino, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Wellington
• Doug Martindale, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burrows
• Mohinder Saran, Member of the Legislative Assembly for The Maples

Other high profile endorsements

• Darlene Dziewit, former President of the Manitoba Federation of Labour
• Jenny Gerbasi, Winnipeg City Councillor for Fort Rouge—East Fort Garry
• Paul Moist, National President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees
• Muriel Smith, former Deputy Premier

Withdrawn candidates

Andrew Swan

Andrew Swan is the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Minto^[1] and was the Minister of Competitiveness, Training and Trade until he resigned to run for the leadership on September 2, 2009.^[6][7] Swan dropped out of the race on September 28, 2009^[8] and regained his ministerial positions on October 5, 2009.^[9]

Potential candidates

• Jennifer Howard, MLA
• Bidhu Jha, MLA
• Dan Vandal, Winnipeg city councillor

Did not run

• Nancy Allan, Minister of Labour and Immigration
• Bill Blaikie, MLA and former Dean of the Canadian House of Commons
• Gord Mackintosh, Minister of Family Services and Housing
• Christine Melnick, Minister of Water Stewardship
• Theresa Oswald, Minister of Health
• Judy Wasylycia-Leis, MP and former provincial cabinet minister
• Pat Martin, MP (Winnipeg Centre)
• Stan Struthers, Conservation Minister
• Dave Chomiak, Minister of Justice

Results

New Democratic Party of Manitoba leadership election, 2009
Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Greg Selinger	1,317	65.75%
Steve Ashton	685	34.20%
Spoiled ballots	1	0.05%
Total	2,003	100.00%

Resources

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Biographies of Living Members". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. 4 August 2009. http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/bios_living.html. Retrieved 9 October 2009. 
2. ^ "Ashton enters NDP leadership race". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 October 2009. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/09/04/mb-ashton-leadership-ndp-manitoba.html. Retrieved 9 October 2009. 
3. ^ Turenne, Paul (8 September 2009). "Selinger joins the premier race". Winnipeg Sun (Sun Media). http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/manitoba/2009/09/08/10790641.html. Retrieved 9 October 2009. 
4. ^ Keele, Jeff (8 September 2009). "Greg Selinger Enters Race". Global TV. Canwest. http://www.globalwinnipeg.com/story.html?id=1973318. Retrieved 9 October 2009. 
5. ^ "Bill Blaikie gets behind Selinger". Winnipeg Free Press. 11 September 2009. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/breakingnews/Selinger-g-59041677.html. Retrieved 23 May 2010. 
6. ^ Turenne, Paul (3 September 2009). "Swan first to enter race to replace Doer". Winnipeg Sun (Sun Media). http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/manitoba/2009/09/03/10728031-sun.html. Retrieved 9 October 2009. 
7. ^ Kusch, Larry (3 September 2009). "Swan first to throw hat into ring". Winnipeg Free Press. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/swan-first-to-throw-hat-into-ring-56872027.html. Retrieved 2 October 2009. 
8. ^ "Swan bows out of NDP race". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 September 2009. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/09/28/mb-swan-leadership-ndp-manitoba.html. Retrieved 9 October 2009. 
9. ^ "PROVINCE ANNOUNCES SWAN TO BE SWORN IN TODAY AS MINISTER OF COMPETITIVENESS, TRAINING AND TRADE" (Press release). Government of Manitoba. 5 October 2009. http://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?archive=2009-10-01&item=6878. Retrieved 9 October 2009. 

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