Manitoba premier in western region again as a provincial byelection looms
Kinew and two cabinet ministers appeared in Glenboro to promote road and bridge work that is part of the province's long-term infrastructure plan.
The community is in the Spruce Woods constituency, where a byelection must be called in the coming weeks to fill a seat vacated by Progressive Conservative Grant Jackson in March.
Kinew and his NDP cabinet ministers have made a series of announcements in and around the constituency in recent weeks.
Political science professor Kelly Saunders at Brandon University says a NDP win in the rural seat would be a huge symbolic win for the party, because rural seats in southwest Manitoba have been Tory strongholds.
The NDP nominated their candidate for the byelection Thursday, and the Tories and Liberals did so earlier.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 25, 2025
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