Scott Gillingham will be Winnipeg's next mayor
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Scott Gillingham will be Winnipeg's next mayor after a tight race.
With all voting locations reporting results, Gillingham received 27.54 per cent of the vote while former Winnipeg mayor Glen Murray got 25.29 per cent.
Gillingham was first elected as a city councillor in the ward now known as St. James in 2014.
He was re-elected in 2018 and resigned from his roles on council's executive policy committee and as finance chair in April to run in a race to replace Brian Bowman, who announced in 2020 he would not run for a third term as mayor.
Voting results earlier Wednesday evening initially showed Murray pulling ahead of Gillingham, which Murray referenced in a concession speech.
"For a few minutes there, we knew what it felt like to win. And it was exciting. It was exciting because we've worked so hard," Murray told supporters just after 10 p.m.
"I want to congratulate councillor Gillingham on his victory," he said. "I'm committing to support the new mayor and council."
With all votes counted in Winnipeg's city council races, 12 councillors were re-elected to return to city hall, along with one new councillor — Evan Duncan in Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood — and two former councillors returning after an absence from city hall (Russ Wyatt in Transcona and Shawn Dobson in St. James).
Two other mayoral hopefuls congratulated Gillingham in their concession speeches earlier Wednesday evening.
"It looks like councillor Gillingham will now be mayor Gillingham, and I want to give him my full support," mayoral rival and former Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood Coun. Kevin Klein told supporters in a speech just after 9 p.m.
Social entrepreneur Shaun Loney also offered Gillingham his support.
"I also wanted to congratulate what appears to be mayor Gillingham. He and I had some issues on the campaign, disagreements about policy. I want to offer him my full support," Loney told his supporters.
"It's time to pull together now as Winnipeggers and I am fully prepared to do that and want to wish him the best in his new role and hope he hits the ground running."
Political scientist Chris Adams said it's unusual to see a candidate win Winnipeg's mayoral race with under 30 per cent of the popular vote.
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