Dauphin's newly elected MLA will hold a spot in the provincial cabinet.
Ron Kostyshyn has been handed the agriculture portfolio by new Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew.
"It is a proud day today, and it is truly my honour and pleasure to be appointed Agriculture minister," Kostyshyn stated just prior to his official swearing-in to the cabinet.
It is a position that the Ethelbert native is familiar with, having served as Agriculture minister under then-Premier Greg Selinger from 2011 to 2016 when he was the MLA for Swan River.
Kostyshyn was officially introduced as the new ag minister during a ceremony at The Leaf in Assiniboine Park on Wednesday, which also included Kinew being officially sworn in as the first-ever First Nations Premier of a province in Canadian history.
