Incoming Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has brought a former provincial agriculture minister back to the cabinet table to handle the ag file.
Ron Kostyshyn, who from 2012 to 2016 was then-premier Greg Selinger’s ag minister while serving as MLA for the northwestern riding of Swan River, was sworn in Wednesday as minister of agriculture in Kinew’s 15-member cabinet.
Kostyshyn, who reclaimed the Dauphin riding for the New Democrats in the Oct. 3 election, ran a family mixed farm for four decades and came to provincial politics after serving as reeve and on council in the municipality of Mossey River.
His resume also includes stints as a board member with the Association of Manitoba Municipalities, Manitoba Conservation Commission, Intermountain Conservation District, Ethelbert District Veterinary Board and Farm Stewardship Association of Manitoba.