WINNIPEG — A Manitoba cabinet minister who resigned after calling for Premier Greg Selinger to step aside is not running for re-election.
Stan Struthers was one of five senior ministers who left cabinet in November, saying they had lost confidence in Selinger’s leadership.
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The premier paid tribute to the Dauphin MLA in the legislature, commending him for 21 years of service.
Struthers received a standing ovation from his colleagues.
The resignations last fall brought an internal caucus rift into the open and prompted a leadership vote which Selinger barely survived.
Struthers was finance minister when the NDP increased the provincial sales tax in 2013, which saw the party slip badly in the polls.
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