Results of mayoral elections in Winnipeg

Election results for the position of mayor, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

1952 mayoral election

This election was held via instant-runoff voting.

First count:

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizen's Election Committee (incumbent)Garnet Coulter 37,877 43.45
  Independent Stephen Juba 27,725 31.80
  Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Donovan Swailes 21,578 24.75
Total valid votes 87,180 100.00

Swailes was eliminated, and his 21,578 votes were distributed as follows: Coulter 7,138, Juba 5,718. 8,722 votes were non-transferable.

Second count:

Party Candidate Votes %
Citizen's Election Committee (incumbent)Garnet Coulter 45,015 51.63
  Independent Stephen Juba 33,443 38.36
  Votes not transferred 8,722 10.00

1966 mayoral election

Last election before Unicity.

Candidate Total votes %
(incumbent)Stephen Juba 45,741 89.88
Gloria Queen-Hughes 5,149 10.12
Total valid votes 50,890 100.00

1971 mayoral election

Candidate Total votes %
(incumbent)Stephen Juba 139,147 69.68
Jack Willis 49,014 24.54
William Hutton 8,536 4.27
Gordon Anderson 2,765 1.38
Peter Shewchenko 230 0.12
Total valid votes/Turnout 199,719 60.7

1974 mayoral election

Candidate Total votes %
(incumbent)Stephen Juba 109,225 88.86
Brenda Dineen 6,174 5.02
Fred Cornish 3,969 3.23
Werner Goetze 2,151 1.75
Bernard Tesluk 1,399 1.14
Total valid votes/Turnout 122,918 34.9

1977 mayoral election

Candidate Total votes %
Robert Steen 69,818 47.47
Bill Norrie 67,999 46.23
Nick Ternette 5,682 3.86
Werner Goetze 1,969 1.34
John McDermid 1,614 1.10
Total valid votes/Turnout 147,082 40.1

1979 mayoral election

BY-ELECTION

Candidate Total votes %
Bill Norrie 101,299 75.82
Joe Zuken 24,650 18.45
Frank J. Syms 1,998 1.50
Alf Skowron 1,435 1.07
Don Gerrie 1,274 0.95
Phil Rizzuto 946 0.71
Harry Lazarenko 648 0.49
Ray Brunka 465 0.35
William Hawryluk 354 0.26
Joe Smith 226 0.17
William Gidzak 165 0.12
Alex Mitchell 148 0.11
Total valid votes/Turnout 133,608 36.4

1980 mayoral election

Candidate Total votes %
(incumbent)Bill Norrie 102,469 71.06
Allan Golden 37,116 25.74
William Hawryluk 3,321 2.30
Chris A. Swan 1,302 0.90
Total valid votes/Turnout 144,208 38.8

1983 mayoral election

Candidate Total votes %
(incumbent)Bill Norrie 154,513 75.16
Brian Corrin 40,073 19.49
William Hawryluk 6,489 3.16
Barry Vincent 2,258 1.10
Chris A. Swan 2,242 1.09
Total valid votes/Turnout 205,575 52.6

1986 mayoral election

Candidate Total votes %
(incumbent)Bill Norrie 78,996 55.48
Russell Doern 48,567 34.11
Peter Juba 4,955 3.48
Nick Ternette 3,060 2.15
William Hawryluk 1,737 1.22
Gilles Rivard 1,268 0.89
Allen Bleich 1,199 0.84
Garry Fast 1,137 0.80
Barry Kohn 898 0.63
Chris A. Swan 561 0.39
Total valid votes/Turnout 142,378 34.0

1989 mayoral election

Candidate Total votes %
(incumbent)Bill Norrie 100,689 71.03
Frank J. Syms 16,716 11.79
Nick Ternette 6,865 4.84
Conrad Santos 5,021 3.54
James W. Mille 3,243 2.29
James Bugera 2,697 1.90
Jean S. Veillet 2,225 1.57
Fred Debrecen 1,647 1.16
Walter Diawol 1,530 1.08
John Wynen 1,131 0.80
Total valid votes/Turnout 141,764 34.0

1992 mayoral election

Candidate Total votes %
Susan Thompson 89,743 39.01
Greg Selinger 75,123 32.66
Dave Brown 31,859 13.85
Ernie Gilroy 26,001 11.30
Natalie Pollock 1,311 0.57
Dan Zyluk 833 0.36
Darryl Soshycki 727 0.32
Walter Diawol 553 0.24
Menardo A. Caneda 534 0.23
Martin Barnes 526 0.23
James W. Miller 500 0.22
Bryan R. Benson 491 0.21
Bob McGugan 433 0.19
Charles-Alwyn Scotlend 421 0.18
Ed Hay 374 0.16
Aurel Joseph Prefontaine 348 0.15
Rudolph Parker 267 0.12
Total valid votes/Turnout 230,044 58.4

1995 mayoral election

1995 Winnipeg municipal election: Mayor of Winnipeg
Candidate Votes %
Susan Thompson 83,036 38.30
Peter Kaufmann 69,601 32.10
Terry Duguid 58,656 27.05
Nick Ternette 1,782 0.82
Theresa Ducharme 1,669 0.77
Natalie Pollock 1,079 0.50
Michael Grieger 1,007 0.46
Total valid votes 216,830 100.00

1998 mayoral election

1998 Winnipeg municipal election: Mayor of Winnipeg
Candidate Votes %
Glen Murray 112,078 50.55
Peter Kaufmann 101,509 45.78
Carlos Rule 1,894 0.85
Manny Does 1,886 0.85
Wally Welechenko 1,732 0.78
Nelson Morrison 1,425 0.64
Alex Reid 1,200 0.54
Total valid votes 221,724 100.00

2002 mayoral election

2002 Winnipeg municipal election: Mayor of Winnipeg
Candidate Votes %
(x)Glen Murray 103,457 50.63
Allan Golden 76,749 37.56
David Lettner 14,199 6.95
Chris Henderson 7,270 3.56
Nick Ternette 2,665 1.30
Total valid votes 204,340 100.00

2004 mayoral election

On June 22, 2004, a by-election was held to fill the position of mayor, vacant since Glen Murray's resignation on May 11, 2004. At the same time, by-elections were held for councillor in the River Heights-Fort Garry and St. Boniface wards, and for two school trustees.


Winnipeg municipal by-election, June 22, 2004: Mayor of Winnipeg
Candidate Votes %
Sam Katz 99,015 42.51
Dan Vandal 55,644 23.89
Allan Golden 34,562 14.84
MaryAnn Mihychuk 23,412 10.05
Garth Steek 16,497 7.08
Gordon Kirkby 1,986 0.85
Shirley Timm-Rudolph 801 0.34
Nelson P. Morrison 528 0.23
Natalie Pollock 453 0.19
Total valid votes 232,898 100.00

2006 mayoral election


2006 Winnipeg municipal election: Mayor of Winnipeg
Candidate Votes %
(x)Sam Katz 104,380 61.60
Marianne Cerilli 38,227 22.56
Kaj Hasselriis 22,401 13.22
Ron Pollock 4,444 2.62
Total valid votes 169,452 100.00

2010 mayoral election

Candidate Total votes %
(incumbent)Sam Katz 116,308 54.8
Judy Wasylycia-Leis 90,913 42.8
Brad Gross 3,398 1.68
Rav Gill 1,775 0.8

2014 mayoral election

2014 Winnipeg Mayoral
Candidate Votes %
(incumbent) Brian Bowman 111,504 47.54
Judy Wasylycia-Leis 58,440 24.29
Robert-Falcon Ouellette 36,823 15.70
Gord Steeves 21,080 8.99
David Sanders 3,718 1.59
Paula Havixbeck 2,083 0.89
Michel Fillion 898 0.38

2018 mayoral election

2018 Winnipeg Mayoral
Candidate Votes %
(incumbent) Brian Bowman 114,222 53.30
Jenny Motkaluk 76,554 35.72
Tim Diack 10,548 4.92
Don Woodstock 4,738 2.21
Doug Wilson 3,527 1.65
Umar Hayat 2,229 1.04
Ed Ackerman 1,697 0.79
Venkat Machiraju 788 0.37

2022 mayoral election

2022 Winnipeg Mayoral
Candidate Votes %
(incumbent) 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

See also