Scott Gillingham
Mayor of Winnipeg since 2022
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Scott Gillingham 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.
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Scott Gillingham | |
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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 57–58)[1] Brandon, Manitoba, Canada |
| Party | Independent |
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Biography
Gillingham was born 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.[2]
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.[3] He was a Pentecostal pastor before entering politics in 2014 as a member of the Winnipeg City Council.[4] In 2021, he considered running in the 2021 Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba leadership election, but decided not to, citing the party's timeline.[5]
In 2022, he was elected mayor of Winnipeg.[6] In October of 2025, Mayor Gillingham, along with a security guard, helped save a persons life outside of Winnipeg's City Hall by administering a naloxone kit to an individual who was overdosing.[7]
Electoral record
Municipal
2022 Winnipeg mayoral election
| Candidate | Votes[8] | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||