Scott Gillingham elected as Winnipeg's next mayor
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Scott Gillingham is upgrading his seat at City Hall. He has been elected as the next mayor of Winnipeg.
Scott Gillingham is upgrading his seat at City Hall. He has been elected as the next mayor of Winnipeg.
It was with roaring cheers as Gillingham took the stage after being elected with 27.5 per cent of the votes Wednesday night, beating his closest opponent Glen Murray by more than 4,000 votes.
"Next week it will be my high honour to serve and to govern and to lead this city, and to build on that history with ever skill I can muster," Gillingham said during his victory speech. "My campaign motto has been from the start – Uniting to build a stronger Winnipeg – and it will be my goal to make every effort through the coming months and years of this term to unite Winnipeg together so we can build a stronger, brighter city."
Gillingham first showed up on the political scene in 2014 when he took office as the councillor for St. James and then was re-elected in 2018.
He spent time on the finance committee as well as the Winnipeg Police Board and was part of the former mayor Brian Bowman's inner circle.
"I recognize tonight what we all recognize, that tonight the votes were very split. This was an extremely close race," said Gillingham.
In the end, Gillingham collected 53,663 votes,
