Wab Kinew sworn in as Manitoba premier along with new NDP cabinet
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Manitoba's new premier, Wab Kinew, has been sworn in.
Manitoba's new premier, Wab Kinew, has been sworn in.
He led the New Democrats to victory on Oct. 3 and defeated the Progressive Conservatives, who had been in power for seven years.
Kinew is the first First Nations premier of a Canadian province and he has also said his cabinet will include, for the first time in Manitoba, First Nations women.
The ceremony is being held at The Leaf, a botanical attraction in Winnipeg with an indoor waterfall.
It started off with an opening prayer by the chief of the Red Sucker Lake First Nation and the lighting of the Qulliq, a traditional oil lamp used by Inuit peoples.
That was followed by the Norman Chief Memorial Dancers performing the Red River Jig, a traditional Metis dance accompanied by a fiddle tune.
The NDP captured 34 of the 57 legislature seats on election night.
