The mayor of Winnipeg is a member of

Winnipeg City Council The Winnipeg City Council (french: Conseil municipal de Winnipeg) is the governing body of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The Council is seated in the Council Building of Winnipeg City Hall.ward Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...

. The position of mayor was created in 1873 following the incorporation of

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...

. Since 1998, the term of office has been for four years. The 44th and current mayor of Winnipeg is

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 ...

, elected on October 26, 2022.

History

The position of mayor was created in 1873 following the incorporation of

(renamed from

Fort Garry Fort Garry, also known as Upper Fort Garry, was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in what is now downtown Winnipeg. It was established in 1822 on or near the site of the North West Company's ...

), now the provincial capital of

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. From 1874 to 1955, the mayor of Winnipeg was elected for one year only; then, from 1955 until 1972, the term of office was extended to two years. The election of the first

City Council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...

was held on 6 October 1971 and the new City of Winnipeg was amalgamated on 1 January 1972. Thereafter, the new Council consisted of 50 councillors—elected from each of Winnipeg's wards—and 1 mayor, who is elected by the city as a whole. From 1972 onward, the mayor held office for a term of three years. Finally, in 1998, the term of office was extended to four years.

List of mayors

19th century

* 1874

Francis Evans Cornish Francis Evans Cornish (February 1, 1831 – November 28, 1878) was a Canadian politician. He served as Mayor of London, Canada West, in the early 1860s, became the first Mayor of Winnipeg in 1874, and was for a time a member of the Legislati ...

, Q. C. * 1875–76

William Nassau Kennedy William Nassau Kennedy (28 April 1839 – 3 May 1885) was the second Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba from 1875 – 1876. He was the first commander of The Royal Winnipeg Rifles. Biography Kennedy was born in Newcastle, Upper Canada (no ...

* 1877–78

Thomas Scott Thomas Scott may refer to: Australia * Thomas Hobbes Scott (1783–1860), Anglican clergyman and first Archdeacon of New South Wales * Thomas Scott (Australian politician) (1865–1946), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * Thomas Sco ...

* 1879–80 Alexander Logan * 1881 Elias George Conklin * 1882 Braeden Barnabe * 1883 Benjamin Dusik * 1884 Josh Richards * 1885 Charles Edward Hamilton * 1886

Henry Shaver Wesbrook Henry Shaver Westbrook (June 1842 – October 1913) was the eighth Mayor of Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, nea ...

* 1887–88 Lyman Melvin Jones * 1889 Thomas Ryan * 1890–91 Alfred Pearson * 1892 Alexander Macdonald * 1893–94

Thomas William Taylor Thomas William Taylor (September 6, 1852 – February 24, 1924) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as the 13th Mayor of Winnipeg, and was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1900 to 1914. Taylor was a memb ...

* 1895 Thomas Gilroy * 1896

Richard Willis Jameson Richard Willis Jameson (12 July 1851 – 21 February 1899) was a Canadian politician who served as an alderman and 15th Mayor of Winnipeg, and as a Member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Cape Town, Jameson was educated in the United K ...

* 1897 William F. McCreary * 1898–99 A.J. Andrews

20th century

* 1900 Horace Wilson * 1901–03 John Arbuthnot * 1904–06 Thomas Sharpe * 1907–08

James Henry Ashdown James Henry Ashdown (31 March 1844 – 5 April 1924), the "Merchant Prince of Winnipeg", arrived in Winnipeg in 1868 and began his business as a tinsmith. In 1870, he purchased two lots on the corner of Main Street and Bannatyne Avenue, the loca ...

* 1909–11

William Sanford Evans William Sanford Evans (December 18, 1869 – June 27, 1949) was a Manitoba politician. Between 1933 and 1936, he was the leader of that province's Conservative Party caucus. Evans was born in Spencerville, Ontario, the son of Rev. J.S. Ev ...

* 1912 Richard Deans Waugh * 1913–14

Thomas Russ Deacon Thomas Russ Deacon (3 January 1865 – 30 May 1955) was a Canadian politician, the 24th Mayor of Winnipeg in 1913 and 1914. Deacon was born in Perth, Canada West. After working in Northern Ontario lumber camps, he returned to school, eventually ...

* 1915–16 Richard Deans Waugh * 1917 David J. Dyson ** Unseated on recount, January 5, 1917 * 1917 Frederick Harvey Davidson ** Declared elected on recount, January 8, 1917 * 1918 Frederick Harvey Davidson * 1919–20 Charles Frederick Gray * 1921 Edward Parnell * 1922 Edward Parnell ** Died June 9, 1922 * 1922

Frank Oliver Fowler Frank Oliver Fowler (14 December 1861 – 18 February 1945) was a Canadian politician serving as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, then in Winnipeg city politics as an alderman and subsequently as the 29th Mayor. He moved from ...

** Elected June 20, 1922 * 1923–24

Seymour Farmer Seymour James Farmer (June 20, 1878 – January 16, 1951) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as Winnipeg MLA from 1922 to 1949. During this time he also served as mayor of Winnipeg 1923-1924 and later as city councillor in the l ...

* 1925–27 Lt. Col. Ralph Webb, D.S.O., M.C. * 1928–29 Lt. Col. Daniel McLean * 1930–34 Lt. Col. Ralph Webb, D.S.O., M.C. * 1935–36

John Queen John Queen (February 11, 1882 – July 15, 1946) was a labour activist and Manitoba politician who was a leader of the Winnipeg General Strike, for which he served a year in prison. He was a Labour city councillor in Winnipeg from 1916 to 192 ...

, M. L. A. * 1937 Frederick Edgar Warriner, D. D. S. * 1938–40

, M. L. A. * 1941–42 John Queen * 1943–54

Garnet Coulter Garnet Coulter (August 1882 – 8 October 1975) was a Canadian politician serving as an alderman and the 35th Mayor of Winnipeg. After graduating with a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Manitoba, Coulter served as a lawyer in Winni ...

, Q. C. * 1955–56 George Edward Sharpe * 1957–59

Stephen Juba Stephen Juba, (July 1, 1914 – May 2, 1993) was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1953 to 1959, and served as the 37th Mayor of Winnipeg from 1957 to 1977. He was the first Ukrainian Canad ...

, M. L. A. * 1960–77 Stephen Juba, OC * 1977–79

Robert Steen Robert Ashley Steen, (August 12, 1933 in Winnipeg, Manitoba – May 10, 1979) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from ...

, Q. C. ** Died May 10, 1979 * 1979–92 William Norrie, Q. C. ** Elected June 21, 1979 * 1992–98 Susan Ann Thompson * 1998–2000 Glen Murray

21st century

* 2000–2004 Glen Murray ** Resigned May 11, 2004 * 2004–2014

Sam Katz Samuel Michael Katz (born August 20, 1951) is a Canadian businessman and former politician who was the 42nd mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba from 2004 to 2014. He is the owner of the Winnipeg Goldeyes and a member of the Order of Manitoba. He wa ...

* 2014–2022 Brian Bowman * 2022–present

References

External links

Mayors of Winnipeg - Manitoba Historical Society

History: Mayors, Past and Present - Winnipeg.ca
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*List

Mayors of Winnipeg The mayor of Winnipeg is a member of Winnipeg City Council, but does not represent a ward. The position of mayor was created in 1873 following the incorporation of Winnipeg. Since 1998, the term of office has been for four years. The 44th and cu ...