| Honorific Prefix: | His Worship |
| Scott Gillingham | |
| Order: | 44th |
| Office: | Mayor of Winnipeg |
| Term Start: | November 1, 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Brian Bowman |
| Office1: | Winnipeg City Councillor |
| Term Start1: | October 22, 2014 |
| Term End1: | October 26, 2022 |
| Predecessor1: | Scott Fielding |
| Successor1: | Shawn Dobson |
| Constituency1: | St. James |
| Birth Place: | Brandon, Manitoba, Canada |
| Party: | Independent |
| Otherparty: | Progressive Conservative |
| Alma Mater: | |
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.
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.[1]
He was a Pentecostal pastor before entering politics in 2014 as a member of the Winnipeg City Council.[2] In 2021, he considered running in the 2021 Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba leadership election, but decided not to, citing the party's timeline.[3]
In 2022, he was elected mayor of Winnipeg.[4]
| Candidate | Votes[5] | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Gillingham (X) | 9,130 | 55.43 | |
| Shawn Dobson (X) | 5,740 | 34.85 | |
| Kurt Morton | 1,601 | 9.72 |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,174 | 43.69 | ||
| Bryan Metcalfe | 3,548 | 29.96 | |
| Stefan Jonasson | 2,292 | 19.35 | |
| Fred Morris | 828 | 6.99 |