2009 New Democratic Party of Manitoba leadership election

2009 New Democratic Party of Manitoba leadership election
Date	October 16–17, 2009
Convention	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Resigning leader	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 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^[1] and was the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs until he resigned to run for the leadership on September 4, 2009.^[2]

Endorsements

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

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^[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 of Manitoba

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]

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	Percentage
Greg Selinger	1,317	65.75%
Steve Ashton	685	34.20%
Spoiled ballots	1	0.05%
Total	2,003	100.00%

Resources

^ ^a ^b ^c "MLA Biographies - Living". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. August 4, 2009. Retrieved October 9, 2009.
^ "Ashton enters NDP leadership race". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. October 4, 2009. Retrieved October 9, 2009.
^ Turenne, Paul (September 8, 2009). "Selinger joins the premier race". Winnipeg Sun. Sun Media. Retrieved October 9, 2009.
^ Keele, Jeff (September 8, 2009). "Greg Selinger Enters Race". Canwest. Global TV. Retrieved October 9, 2009.
^ "Bill Blaikie gets behind Selinger". Winnipeg Free Press. September 11, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
^ Turenne, Paul (September 3, 2009). "Swan first to enter race to replace Doer". Winnipeg Sun. Sun Media. Retrieved October 9, 2009.
^ Kusch, Larry (September 3, 2009). "Swan first to throw hat into ring". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
^ "Swan bows out of NDP race". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 28, 2009. Retrieved October 9, 2009.
^ "PROVINCE ANNOUNCES SWAN TO BE SWORN IN TODAY AS MINISTER OF COMPETITIVENESS, TRAINING AND TRADE" (Press release). Government of Manitoba. October 5, 2009. Retrieved October 9, 2009.

[Bios_of_living_MLAs-1] "MLA Biographies - Living". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. August 4, 2009. Retrieved October 9, 2009.

[Ashton_enters_NDP_leadership_race-2] "Ashton enters NDP leadership race". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. October 4, 2009. Retrieved October 9, 2009.

[Selinger_joins_the_premier_race-3] Turenne, Paul (September 8, 2009). "Selinger joins the premier race". Winnipeg Sun. Sun Media. Retrieved October 9, 2009.

[Greg_Selinger_Enters_Race-4] Keele, Jeff (September 8, 2009). "Greg Selinger Enters Race". Canwest. Global TV. Retrieved October 9, 2009.

[5] "Bill Blaikie gets behind Selinger". Winnipeg Free Press. September 11, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2010.

[Swan_first_to_enter_race_to_replace_Doer-6] Turenne, Paul (September 3, 2009). "Swan first to enter race to replace Doer". Winnipeg Sun. Sun Media. Retrieved October 9, 2009.

[Swan_first_to_throw_hat_into_ring-7] Kusch, Larry (September 3, 2009). "Swan first to throw hat into ring". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved October 2, 2009.

[CBC_-_Swan_drops_out_of_race-8] "Swan bows out of NDP race". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 28, 2009. Retrieved October 9, 2009.

[9] "PROVINCE ANNOUNCES SWAN TO BE SWORN IN TODAY AS MINISTER OF COMPETITIVENESS, TRAINING AND TRADE" (Press release). Government of Manitoba. October 5, 2009. Retrieved October 9, 2009.

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