Manitoba Progressive Conservatives select new president, unveil new logo

ManitobaManitoba Progressive Conservatives elected a new party president and unveiled a new logo at a convention held this weekend in Winnipeg.Peter Smith, who ran federal party district association, elected president of provincial partyCBC News · Posted: Nov 08, 2025 7:17 PM EST | Last Updated: 14 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Peter Smith is the new president of the Manitoba PCs. (Submitted/Peter Smith)Manitoba Progressive Conservatives elected a new party president and unveiled a new logo at a convention held this weekend in Winnipeg.Peter Smith, a corporate controller by profession, was selected by party members Saturday to succeed outgoing president Brent Pooles, the party confirmed.Smith, who served as president of the federal Conservative electoral district association for Winnipeg South Centre, effectively strengthens the provincial party’s ties with the national party.He assumes the reins of the party after a difficult period that saw former premier Brian Pallister resign in 2021, the race to replace him wind up before the courts and the party’s loss of power to the NDP in 2023.Fort Whyte MLA Obby Khan, who won a narrow leadership race of his own to become the party’s new leader in April, said in a speech Friday the Progressive Conservatives are now united.Khan also unveiled a new Manitoba PC logo that places the the first initial inside the second. Khan said in a speech the new logo is “a symbol that represents the new era of the PC Party — a symbol that wraps the progressive within the conservative values.” PC Leader Obby Khan unveiled the new logo during the party’s annual general meeting Friday. (Randall Mackenzie/CBC)