Scott Gillingham
Scott Gillingham | |
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.jpg) Gillingham in 2022 | |
| 44th Mayor of Winnipeg | |
| Assumed office November 1, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Brian Bowman |
| Winnipeg City Councillor for St. James | |
| In office October 22, 2014 – October 26, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Scott Fielding |
| Succeeded by | Shawn Dobson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1967 or 1968 (age 58–59) Brandon, Manitoba, Canada |
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| Education | |
| Occupation | Pastor |
Scott Gillingham (born 1967 or 1968) is a Canadian politician who currently serves as the 44th mayor of Winnipeg, being elected on October 26, 2022. Before being elected as mayor, he was the city councillor for St. James from 2014 to 2022. He was sworn in as the mayor of Winnipeg on November 1, 2022.
Biography
Gillingham was born in 1967 or 1968 in Brandon, Manitoba, and raised on a farm near Carman. He played hockey in his youth, including stints with the Steinbach Hawks, Dauphin Kings and Winkler Flyers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.
In his early 20s, Gillingham completed a diploma in pastoral theology at Horizon College and Seminary in Saskatoon and later graduate studies at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg. He was a Pentecostal pastor before entering politics in 2014 as a member of the Winnipeg City Council. In 2021, he considered running in the 2021 Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba leadership election, but decided not to, citing the party's timeline.
In 2022, he was elected mayor of Winnipeg. In October 2025, Gillingham, along with a security guard, helped save a person's life outside of Winnipeg's City Hall by administering a naloxone kit to an individual who was overdosing. In 2026, he was re-elected, defeating Kevin Klein.
Electoral record
Municipal
2026 Winnipeg mayoral election
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Gillingham | 80,206 | 39.82 | |
| Kevin Klein | 41,703 | 20.71 | |
| Noah Redden | 39,962 | 19.84 | |
| Mike Vogiatzakis | 19,463 | 9.66 | |
2022 Winnipeg mayoral election
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Gillingham | 53,663 | 27.54 | |
| Glen Murray | 49,272 | 25.29 | |
| Kevin Klein | 28,806 | 14.78 | |
| Shaun Loney | 28,567 | 14.66 | |
| Robert-Falcon Ouellette | 15,029 | 7.71 | |
| Jenny Motkaluk | 7,443 | 3.82 | |
| Rana Bokhari | 5,900 | 3.03 | |
| Rick Shone | 2,570 | 1.32 | |
| Don Woodstock | 1,889 | 0.97 | |
| Idris Adelakun | 1,263 | 0.65 | |
| Chris Clacio | 451 | 0.23 | |
2018 Winnipeg city council election
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Gillingham (X) | 9,130 | 55.43 |
| Shawn Dobson (X) | 5,740 | 34.85 |
| Kurt Morton | 1,601 | 9.72 |
2014 Winnipeg city council election
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Gillingham | 5,174 | 43.69 |
| Bryan Metcalfe | 3,548 | 29.96 |
| Stefan Jonasson | 2,292 | 19.35 |
| Fred Morris | 828 | 6.99 |
Provincial
| 2011 Manitoba general election: St. James | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Deanne Crothers | 4,432 | 49.61 | −6.04 | $25,563.25 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Scott Gillingham | 3,414 | 38.21 | +7.38 | $31,468.19 | |||
| Liberal | Gerard Allard | 685 | 7.67 | −0.96 | $5,903.97 | |||
| Green | Trevor Vandale | 377 | 4.22 | – | $205.40 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,908 | |||||||
| Rejected and declined ballots | 25 | |||||||
| Turnout | 8,933 | 62.02 | +2.82 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 14,403 | |||||||
References
- ↑ Patterson, Kelsey (October 26, 2022). "Scott Gillingham elected mayor of Winnipeg after close race with Glen Murray". CityNews.
- ↑ "Mayor Scott Gillingham". City of Winnipeg. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
- ↑ "CMU student elected to city council". Canadian Mennonite University.
- ↑ Sam Samson (October 24, 2022). "Former Pentecostal pastor running for Winnipeg mayor says views on gay marriage changed years ago". CBC News. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
- ↑ Ian Froese (October 24, 2022). "Winnipeg city councillor won't seek PC leadership, blames party's timeline for undermining challengers". CBC News. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ↑ Danton Unger (October 26, 2022). "Scott Gillingham elected as Winnipeg's next mayor". CTV News Winnipeg. Archived from the original on October 27, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
- ↑ Pursaga, Joyanne. “Mayor, Security Guard Rush to Save Man Overdosing outside City Hall.” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 Oct. 2025, https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/briefings/mayors-naloxone-rescue-forestry-future-new-restaurant-manitoba-bolivia-development-hospital-art-rifles-finale.
- ↑ "2026 - City of Winnipeg Unofficial results". Elections Winnipeg.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "2022 Elections - Unofficial Results". October 26, 2022.