Editing Greg Selinger (section)

== Early life and education ==
Selinger was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, the son of Margaret Eva (Crawford) and Nicodemus Selinger.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coastreporter.net/mother-of-manitoba-premier-greg-selinger-has-died-at-the-age-of-85-1.1197721 |title=Mother of Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger has died at the age of 85 - Coast Reporter |access-date=2014-11-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122210410/http://www.coastreporter.net/mother-of-manitoba-premier-greg-selinger-has-died-at-the-age-of-85-1.1197721 |archive-date=November 22, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-215232/name-Margaret_Selinger/order-publish_date%7CDESC,last_name%7CASC,first_name%7CASC/|title=MARGARET SELINGER Obituary |work=Winnipeg Free Press Passages|access-date=April 21, 2016}}</ref> He came to Manitoba from [[Saskatchewan]] as a child with his single mother, who ran a small clothing store in [[Winnipeg]].<ref name="One will be premier">{{cite news |title=One will be premier: Greg Selinger |author=Lett, Dan |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/one-will-be-premier-greg-selinger-63954782.html |newspaper=[[Winnipeg Free Press]] |date=October 11, 2009 |access-date=October 13, 2009 }}</ref>

Selinger received a [[Bachelor of Social Work]] from the [[University of Manitoba]], a [[Master of Public Administration]] from [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]], and a [[PhD]] from the [[London School of Economics]].<ref name="Personal site bio" /><ref name="2006 prov bio" /><ref name="About.com bio" /><ref name="One will be premier" /><ref name="Out of the starting gate">{{cite news |first=Larry |last=Kusch |title=Out of the starting gate |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/out-of-the-starting-gate-59119392.html |newspaper=[[Winnipeg Free Press]] |date=September 12, 2009 |access-date=September 26, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Round Table for Sustainable Development">{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2002–2003 |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/susresmb/pdf/arept-e-2002-03.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040728063734/http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/susresmb/pdf/arept-e-2002-03.pdf |publisher=Manitoba Round Table for Sustainable Development |page=18 |archive-date=July 28, 2004 |access-date=October 4, 2009 }}</ref>

Before entering politics, he worked as an associate professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Manitoba,<ref name="Out of the starting gate"/> and sat on the boards of the [[St. Boniface General Hospital (Winnipeg)|St. Boniface Hospital]], the St. Boniface Museum, the Community Income Tax Service Boards, and as president of the Old St. Boniface Residents Association.<ref name="Personal site bio" /><ref name="2006 prov bio" /><ref name="Round Table for Sustainable Development" />