# Scott Gillingham > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Scott_Gillingham > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Scott_Gillingham.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Gillingham > Source revision: 1349211661 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Mayor of Winnipeg since 2022}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [His Worship](/source/Worship_(style)) | name = Scott Gillingham | honorific_suffix = | image = Scott Gillingham at U.S. Consulate Winnipeg 2022 (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Gillingham in 2022 | order = 44th | office = Mayor of Winnipeg | status = | term_start = November 1, 2022 | term_end = | predecessor = [Brian Bowman](/source/Brian_Bowman_(politician)) | successor = | office1 = [Winnipeg City Council](/source/Winnipeg_City_Council)lor for St. James | term_start1 = October 22, 2014 | term_end1 = October 26, 2022 | predecessor1 = [Scott Fielding](/source/Scott_Fielding) | successor1 = Shawn Dobson | constituency1 = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|54|2022|10|26}}{{cite web|url=https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/2022/10/26/scott-gillingham-elected-mayor-winnipeg/|title=Scott Gillingham elected mayor of Winnipeg after close race with Glen Murray|first=Kelsey|last=Patterson|date=October 26, 2022|publisher=[CityNews](/source/CityNews)}} | birth_place = [Brandon, Manitoba](/source/Brandon%2C_Manitoba), Canada | party = [Independent](/source/Independent_politician) | other_party = | alma_mater = {{plainlist| * [Horizon College and Seminary](/source/Horizon_College_and_Seminary) * [Canadian Mennonite University](/source/Canadian_Mennonite_University) }} | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|pastor}} | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = }} '''Scott Gillingham''' is a Canadian politician who currently serves as the 44th [mayor of Winnipeg](/source/mayor_of_Winnipeg), being elected on October 26, 2022. Before being elected as mayor, he was the city councillor for [St. James](/source/St._James-Assiniboia) from 2014 to 2022. He was sworn in as the mayor of Winnipeg on November 1, 2022. == Biography == Gillingham was born in [Brandon, Manitoba](/source/Brandon%2C_Manitoba), and raised on a farm near [Carman](/source/Carman%2C_Manitoba). He played hockey in his youth, including stints with the [Steinbach Hawks](/source/Steinbach_Hawks), [Dauphin Kings](/source/Dauphin_Kings) and [Winkler Flyers](/source/Winkler_Flyers) of the [Manitoba Junior Hockey League](/source/Manitoba_Junior_Hockey_League).{{cite web|url=https://winnipeg.ca/interhom/mayor/default.asp |title=Mayor Scott Gillingham|publisher=City of Winnipeg|accessdate=November 1, 2022}} In his early 20s, Gillingham completed a diploma in pastoral theology at [Horizon College and Seminary](/source/Horizon_College_and_Seminary) in [Saskatoon](/source/Saskatoon) and later graduate studies at [Canadian Mennonite University](/source/Canadian_Mennonite_University) in Winnipeg.{{cite web|title=CMU student elected to city council|publisher=Canadian Mennonite University|url=https://www.cmu.ca/community/blog/88}} He was a [Pentecostal](/source/Pentecostal) pastor before entering politics in 2014 as a member of the [Winnipeg City Council](/source/Winnipeg_City_Council).{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/gillingham-mayor-pastor-pentecostal-distance-homophobia-1.6626840|website=CBC News|date=October 24, 2022|author=Sam Samson|accessdate=October 26, 2022|title=Former Pentecostal pastor running for Winnipeg mayor says views on gay marriage changed years ago}} In 2021, he considered running in the [2021 Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba leadership election](/source/2021_Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Manitoba_leadership_election), but decided not to, citing the party's timeline.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/scott-gillingham-city-councillor-progressive-conservatives-1.6154371|work=CBC News|date=October 24, 2022|author=Ian Froese|accessdate=26 August 2021|title=Winnipeg city councillor won't seek PC leadership, blames party's timeline for undermining challengers}} In 2022, he was elected [mayor of Winnipeg](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Winnipeg).{{cite news|url=https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/scott-gillingham-elected-as-winnipeg-s-next-mayor-1.6126958|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027031509/https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/scott-gillingham-elected-as-winnipeg-s-next-mayor-1.6126958|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2022|work=CTV News Winnipeg|date=October 26, 2022|accessdate=October 26, 2022|author=Danton Unger|title=Scott Gillingham elected as Winnipeg's next mayor}} 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](/source/2022_Winnipeg_municipal_election) === {| class="wikitable" ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px"; colspan=2| Candidate ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Votes{{Cite web |date=October 26, 2022 |title=2022 Elections - Unofficial Results |url=https://winnipeg.ca/clerks/election/election-2022/results/index.html#at/56417d52-8b05-4079-b158-971e4d583607/ar/2/}} ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | % |- | style="background:#d34e23;" | ! style="text-align:left; background:#{{HexShade|#cfc}};"|Scott Gillingham ! style="text-align:left; background:#{{HexShade|#cfc}};"|53,663 ! style="text-align:left; background:#{{HexShade|#cfc}};"|27.54 |- | style="background:#0142b4;" | |[Glen Murray](/source/Glen_Murray_(politician)) |49,272 |25.29 |- | style="background:#263766;" | |[Kevin Klein](/source/Kevin_Klein_(politician)) |28,806 |14.78 |- | style="background:#ef3741;" | |Shaun Loney |28,567 |14.66 |- | style="background:#9562c3;" | |[Robert-Falcon Ouellette](/source/Robert-Falcon_Ouellette) |15,029 |7.71 |- | style="background:#f3d315;" | |Jenny Motkaluk |7,443 |3.82 |- | style="background:#03989e;" | |[Rana Bokhari](/source/Rana_Bokhari) |5,900 |3.03 |- | style="background:#5f95ce;" | |Rick Shone |2,570 |1.32 |- | style="background:#b5186d;" | |Don Woodstock |1,889 |0.97 |- | style="background:#a40d30;" | |Idris Adelakun |1,263 |0.65 |- | style="background:#9562c3;" | |Chris Clacio |451 |0.23 |} === [2018 Winnipeg city council election](/source/2018_Manitoba_municipal_elections) === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ St. James |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px" | Candidate ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Votes ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | % |- style="text-align:left; background:#cfc;" | '''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](/source/2014_Manitoba_municipal_elections) === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ St. James-Brooklands |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px" | Candidate ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Votes ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | % |- | Scott Gillingham || 5,174 || 43.69 |- | Bryan Metcalfe || 3,548 || 29.96 |- | Stefan Jonasson || 2,292 || 19.35 |- | Fred Morris || 828 || 6.99 |} ===Provincial=== {{2011 Manitoba general election/St. James}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://winnipeg.ca/interhom/mayor/default.asp Mayor’s Office, City of Winnipeg] * [https://voteforscott.ca/ Campaign website] * [https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=240852 Hockey DB profile] {{Mayor of Winnipeg}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gillingham, Scott}} Category:Living people Category:Mayors of Winnipeg Category:21st-century mayors of places in Manitoba Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Dauphin Kings players Category:Winkler Flyers players Category:Ice hockey people from Manitoba Category:Politicians from Brandon, Manitoba Category:People from Carman, Manitoba Category:Canadian Pentecostal pastors Category:Canadian sportsperson-politicians from Manitoba Category:St. James, Winnipeg --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Scott Gillingham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Gillingham) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Gillingham?action=history)). 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