Scott Gillingham

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.

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.

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, Mayor 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.

Electoral record Municipal 2022 Winnipeg mayoral election

2018 Winnipeg city council election + St. James 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 + St. James-Brooklands 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

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