The Manitoba legislature is scheduled to reconvene on November 16, and Heather Stefanson says that's a tight timeframe to deliver a throne speech that sets out the government's agenda.

Stefanson will soon be sworn in as the province's first-ever female premier after winning a narrow weekend victory over Shelly Glover for the leadership of the governing Progressive Conservatives.

Glover has said she may contest the result because many party members didn't get ballots in the mail in time to cast their votes.

The runner-up in the leadership for Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservatives says she is not ready to concede defeat.

Former Member of Parliament Shelly Glover lost to Heather Stefanson, the province's former health minister, by less than 400 of the 16,000 votes cast when the results were announced yesterday.

The party has recognized Stefanson as the victor and Manitoba's first-ever female premier, but Glover said on Saturday evening that she will spend some time analyzing the results.

The contest was recently marred by complaints that many party members didn't receive mail-in ballots in time to vote, and Glover called for the vote count to be delayed.

Stefanson, who's held a variety of cabinet positions, takes over the Tory helm at a time when the party is languishing in the polls, with two years to go until the next election.

Fellow Prairie premiers were quick to offer congratulations to premier-designate Heather Stefanson after Manitoba's Progressive Conservatives declared her the winner of their leadership vote.

Saskatchewan's Scott Moe congratulated Stefanson in a tweet, saying he looked forward to working with her as a provincial neighbour and at the Council of the Federation table.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said on Twitter that Stefanson will be a strong voice for Manitobans.

Manitoba's Opposition NDP, meanwhile, says they've launched an ad campaign "to tell the truth" about Stefanson's role in cutting health care in former premier Brian Pallister's government.