The Canada Brief

Canada · 6 d ago

City hall, Winnipeg

Scott Gillingham is re-elected mayor of Winnipeg

Gillingham won Wednesday's election by nearly 39,000 votes over Kevin Klein, his main rival, according to preliminary results.

Whether you voted for me or not, I want you to know that I will be your mayor too.

— Scott Gillingham, mayor of Winnipeg

Campaign pledges

  • Police staffing back to 2016 ratio, about 120 officers
  • Train 75 community safety officers for buses
  • Fight homelessness with the province, build housing
  • Committee to oversee AI data centres

He campaigned on public safety, transit and homelessness, and pledged to return police staffing to its 2016 ratio, about 120 more officers.