Who is Wab Kinew, Canada’s first First Nations premier of Manitoba?

Kinew is the son of an Anishinaabe chief from the Onigaming First Nations land in Manitoba’s neighbouring province of Ontario [File: Manitoba NDP/Handout via Reuters]

Wab Kinew has been elected as the premier of the Canadian province of Manitoba, becoming the first First Nations leader to hold the post.

The 41-year-old’s elevation to the top provincial post comes after his left-of-centre New Democratic Party (NDP) secured a majority of 34 seats out of 57 in elections held earlier this week.