Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction 1
4. PART 1 MANITOBA’S POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
5. CHAPTER 1 “All the Rights We Are Entitled To”: Louis Riel and the Creation of Manitoba 17
6. CHAPTER 2 Political Culture in Manitoba 38
7. CHAPTER 3 Structure and Change: An Overview of the Manitoba Economy 63
8. PART 2 INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES
9. CHAPTER 4 Westminster on the Prairies: The Manitoba Legislature, Past and Present 85
10. CHAPTER 5 Still Politicized? The Partial Evolution of Manitoba’s Crown Corporations 103
11. CHAPTER 6 Manitoba’s Public Service under the Pallister/ Stefanson Government and Beyond 121
12. CHAPTER 7 The News Media and Public Opinion in Manitoba 146
13. PART 3 POLITICS AND COMMUNITIES
14. CHAPTER 8 Women, Gender, and Legislative Politics in Manitoba 163
15. CHAPTER 9 Where in History? Indigenous Peoples and Rights in Twenty-First-Century Manitoba 182
16. CHAPTER 10 Municipal Government and Politics in Manitoba 204
17. PART 4 PARTIES AND ELECTIONS
18. CHAPTER 11 The Manitoba Progressive Conservatives 227
19. CHAPTER 12 The Manitoba New Democratic Party 245
20. CHAPTER 13 The Manitoba Liberal Party 259
21. Conclusion 277
22. Appendix A Evolution of Voting and Elections in Manitoba 283
23. Appendix B Manitoba Election Results, 1870 to 2023 288
24. Contributors 295