Contrasts start to take shape in leadership race for Manitoba’s Opposition Tories [Video]

The battle for the leadership of the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives is three months from being decided, and the two men vying for the role are laying out different paths to try to reignite the party voted out of office in the last election.

Obby Khan, a former pro football player, cabinet minister and business owner from Winnipeg, has pitched himself as the experienced candidate with a seat in the legislature who can build a “big tent” of urban and rural members. Khan’s Fort Whyte seat is one of two the Tories still hold in Winnipeg, where 32 of the 57 legislature seats are located.

Wally Daudrich, a longtime party board member and hotel owner from the northern town of Churchill, has promised to bring a more conservative approach if he wins. He has said the Tories have lost their way in recent years and become something like a Liberal party.

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