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.Pursaga, Joyanne. “Mayor, Security Guard Rush to Save Man Overdosing outside City Hall.” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 Oct. 2025, https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/briefings/mayors-naloxone-rescue-forestry-future-new-restaurant-manitoba-bolivia-development-hospital-art-rifles-finale.
Electoral record Municipal 2022 Winnipeg mayoral election Candidate Votes %Scott Gillingham53,66327.54Glen Murray49,27225.29Kevin Klein28,80614.78Shaun Loney28,56714.66Robert-Falcon Ouellette15,0297.71Jenny Motkaluk7,4433.82Rana Bokhari5,9003.03Rick Shone2,5701.32Don Woodstock1,8890.97Idris Adelakun1,2630.65Chris Clacio4510.23
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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References
External links Mayor’s Office, City of Winnipeg Campaign website Hockey DB profile