Louis Riel as Manitoba's First Premier
- Louis Riel was a Canadian politician who helped found the province of Manitoba.
- Riel was born of Metis descent in 1844 in the Red River Settlement, in what today is southern Manitoba.
- In Manitoba, Riel is generally celebrated for his role in creating the province.
- The NDP Party in Manitoba is proposing Riel be given the title of the honorary first premier Louis Riel Day is a statutory holiday that always falls on the third Monday in February. The first Louis Riel was celebrated in 2008, and always coincides with the annual celebration of Festival Du Voyageur in Winnipeg.
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