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2009 New Democratic Party of Manitoba leadership election

2009 Canadian election

Field	Value
election_name	2009 Manitoba New Democratic Party leadership election
country	Manitoba
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1988
previous_year	1988
next_election	2015
next_year	2015
election_date	September 16, 2009
1blank	Riding
2blank	Final ballot
image1	Greg Selinger 2010.jpg
colour1	f4a460
candidate1	Greg Selinger
1data1	St. Boniface
2data1	**1,317
(65.75%)**
image2	NDP
colour2	f4a460
candidate2	Steve Ashton
1data2	Thompson
2data2	685
(34.20%)
title	Leader
before_election	Gary Doer
after_election	Greg Selinger

(65.75%)**

(34.20%)

The New Democratic Party of Manitoba leadership election of 2009 was prompted by party leader Gary Doer's announced pending 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 and was the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs until he resigned to run for the leadership on September 4, 2009.

Endorsements

Niki Ashton, Member of Parliament for Churchill (candidate's daughter)
Daryl Reid, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Transcona
Bidhu Jha, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Radisson

Greg Selinger

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

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; former Dean of the House of Commons and Member of Parliament for Elmwood—Transcona
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 of Manitoba

Withdrawn candidates

Andrew Swan

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

Did not run

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

Results

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

Resources

References

(4 August 2009). "MLA Biographies - Living". [[Legislative Assembly of Manitoba]].
(4 October 2009). "Ashton enters NDP leadership race". CBC News.
Turenne, Paul. (8 September 2009). "Selinger joins the premier race". [[Sun Media Corporation.
Keele, Jeff. (8 September 2009). "Greg Selinger Enters Race". [[Canwest]].
(11 September 2009). "Bill Blaikie gets behind Selinger". [[Winnipeg Free Press]].
Turenne, Paul. (3 September 2009). "Swan first to enter race to replace Doer". [[Sun Media Corporation.
Kusch, Larry. (3 September 2009). "Swan first to throw hat into ring". [[Winnipeg Free Press]].
(28 September 2009). "Swan bows out of NDP race". CBC News.
(5 October 2009). "PROVINCE ANNOUNCES SWAN TO BE SWORN IN TODAY AS MINISTER OF COMPETITIVENESS, TRAINING AND TRADE". [[Government of Manitoba]].

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