Manitoba Progressive Conservatives Choose Obby Khan as Leader After Tight Contest

Obby Khan has been elected the new leader of Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives. Here, the MLA for Fort Whyte speaks during the Progressive Conservative Party's annual general meeting at the convention centre in Winnipeg on April 15, 2023. The Canadian Press/John Woods

Former cabinet minister and football player Obby Khan was elected leader of Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative party over the weekend in a closely contested two-way race that was decided by less than one percentage point.

Khan won against longtime party board member Wally Daudrich to assume leadership of the provincial Opposition party, which holds 20 of the 57 seats in the legislature.