Results of mayoral elections in Winnipeg

Election results for the position of mayor

Mayor

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, in Winnipeg, Manitoba

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, Canada

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1952 mayoral election

This election was held via instant-runoff voting

Instant-runoff voting

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.

First count:

Total valid votes			87,180	100.00
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Citizen's Election Committee	(x)Garnet Coulter Garnet Coulter Garnet Coulter QC 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 Winnipeg since 1907...	37,877	43.45		Independent	Stephen Juba Stephen Juba Stephen Juba, OC 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 Canadian to hold high political office in the city.Juba left school at age fifteen, when...	27,725	31.80		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation , known informally as the Manitoba CCF, was a provincial branch of the national Canadian party by the same name. The national CCF was the dominant social-democratic party in Canada from the 1930s to the early 1960s, when it merged with the labour movement...	Donovan Swailes Donovan Swailes Donovan Swailes was a politician and musician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a member of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation from 1945 to 1959....	21,578	24.75

Swailes was eliminated, and his 21,578 votes were distributed as follows: Coulter 7,138, Juba 5,718. 8,722 votes were non-transferable.

Second count:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Citizen's Election Committee	(x)Garnet Coulter Garnet Coulter Garnet Coulter QC 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 Winnipeg since 1907...	45,015	51.63	Independent	Stephen Juba Stephen Juba Stephen Juba, OC 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 Canadian to hold high political office in the city.Juba left school at age fifteen, when...	33,443	38.36	Votes not transferred		8,722	10.00

1966 mayoral election

Last election before Unicity.

Candidate	Total votes	%
(x)Stephen Juba Stephen Juba Stephen Juba, OC 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 Canadian to hold high political office in the city.Juba left school at age fifteen, when...	45,741	89.88
Gloria Queen-Hughes	5,149	10.12
Total valid votes	50,890	100.00

1971 mayoral election

Candidate	Total votes	%
(x)Stephen Juba Stephen Juba Stephen Juba, OC 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 Canadian to hold high political office in the city.Juba left school at age fifteen, when...	139,147	69.68
Jack Willis	49,014	24.54
William Hutton	8,536	4.27
Gordon Anderson	2,765	1.38
Peter Shewchenko	230	0.12
Total valid votes/Turnout	199,719	60.7

1974 mayoral election

Candidate	Total votes	%
(x)Stephen Juba Stephen Juba Stephen Juba, OC 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 Canadian to hold high political office in the city.Juba left school at age fifteen, when...	109,225	88.86
Brenda Dineen	6,174	5.02
Fred Cornish	3,969	3.23
Werner Goetze	2,151	1.75
Bernard Tesluk	1,399	1.14
Total valid votes/Turnout	122,918	34.9

1977 mayoral election

Candidate	Total votes	%
Robert Steen Robert Steen Robert Ashley Steen was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1969, and later served as the 38th Mayor of Winnipeg from 1977 to 1979.Steen was educated at the University of Manitoba and the Manitoba Law...	69,818	47.47
Bill Norrie Bill Norrie William Norrie, CM, OM, QC was the 39th Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba and is the former Chancellor of the University of Manitoba....	67,999	46.23
Nick Ternette	5,682	3.86
Werner Goetze	1,969	1.34
John McDermid	1,614	1.10
Total valid votes/Turnout	147,082	40.1

1979 mayoral election

BY-ELECTION

Candidate	Total votes	%
Bill Norrie Bill Norrie William Norrie, CM, OM, QC was the 39th Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba and is the former Chancellor of the University of Manitoba....	101,299	75.82
Joe Zuken	24,650	18.45
Frank J. Syms	1,998	1.50
Alf Skowron	1,435	1.07
Don Gerrie	1,274	0.95
Phil Rizzuto	946	0.71
Harry Lazarenko Harry Lazarenko Harry Lazarenko is a former Canadian municipal politician, who represented the Mynarski ward on Winnipeg City Council from 1974 to 1977 and from 1983 to 2010....	648	0.49
Ray Brunka Ray Brunka Raymond Brunka is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Winnipeg City Council from 1974 to 1977, and has since become a perennial candidate for office at several levels....	465	0.35
William Hawryluk	354	0.26
Joe Smith	226	0.17
William Gidzak	165	0.12
Alex Mitchell	148	0.11
Total valid votes/Turnout	133,608	36.4

1980 mayoral election

Candidate	Total votes	%
(x)Bill Norrie Bill Norrie William Norrie, CM, OM, QC was the 39th Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba and is the former Chancellor of the University of Manitoba....	102,469	71.06
Allan Golden Al Golden (politician) Allan Golden is a politician and businessman in Winnipeg, Manitoba.Golden is involved in many business operations, including the St. Vital Hotel and the Transcona Country Club. He entered politics after being encouraged by former Mayor of Winnipeg Stephen Juba, to run in the 1980 mayoral election...	37,116	25.74
William Hawryluk	3,321	2.30
Chris A. Swan	1,302	0.90
Total valid votes/Turnout	144,208	38.8

1983 mayoral election

Candidate	Total votes	%
(x)Bill Norrie Bill Norrie William Norrie, CM, OM, QC was the 39th Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba and is the former Chancellor of the University of Manitoba....	154,513	75.16
Brian Corrin	40,073	19.49
William Hawryluk	6,489	3.16
Barry Vincent	2,258	1.10
Chris A. Swan	2,242	1.09
Total valid votes/Turnout	205,575	52.6

1986 mayoral election

Candidate	Total votes	%
(x)Bill Norrie Bill Norrie William Norrie, CM, OM, QC was the 39th Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba and is the former Chancellor of the University of Manitoba....	78,996	55.48
Russell Doern Russell Doern Russell Doern was a Manitoba politician. He served as a cabinet minister in the New Democratic government of Edward Schreyer , but left the New Democratic Party in 1984....	48,567	34.11
Peter Juba	4,955	3.48
Nick Ternette Nick Ternette Nick Ternette is a politician and political activist in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is a perennial candidate for mayor of the city, representing left-wing and socialist policies....	3,060	2.15
William Hawryluk William Hawryluk William Hawryluk was a perennial candidate for political office in Manitoba, Canada during the 1970s and 1980s. He campaigned for federal, provincial and municipal office several times, without ever coming close to being elected....	1,737	1.22
Gilles Rivard	1,268	0.89
Allen Bleich	1,199	0.84
Garry Fast	1,137	0.80
Barry Kohn	898	0.63
Chris A. Swan	561	0.39
Total valid votes/Turnout	142,378	34.0

1989 mayoral election

Candidate	Total votes	%
(x)Bill Norrie Bill Norrie William Norrie, CM, OM, QC was the 39th Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba and is the former Chancellor of the University of Manitoba....	100,689	71.03
Frank J. Syms	16,716	11.79
Nick Ternette Nick Ternette Nick Ternette is a politician and political activist in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is a perennial candidate for mayor of the city, representing left-wing and socialist policies....	6,865	4.84
Conrad Santos Conrad Santos Conrad Santos is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988, and again from 1990 to 2007....	5,021	3.54
James W. Mille	3,243	2.29
James Bugera	2,697	1.90
Jean S. Veillet	2,225	1.57
Fred Debrecen	1,647	1.16
Walter Diawol	1,530	1.08
John Wynen	1,131	0.80
Total valid votes/Turnout	141,764	34.0

1992 mayoral election

Candidate	Total votes	%
Susan Thompson Susan Thompson Susan Ann Thompson was the 40th mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was the first female to serve as mayor of Winnipeg and served two terms as mayor and held this post from 1992 to 1998.Thompson graduated with a BA from the University of Winnipeg in 1971...	89,743	39.01
Greg Selinger	75,123	32.66
Dave Brown	31,859	13.85
Ernie Gilroy	26,001	11.30
Natalie Pollock	1,311	0.57
Dan Zyluk	833	0.36
Darryl Soshycki	727	0.32
Walter Diawol	553	0.24
Menardo A. Caneda	534	0.23
Martin Barnes	526	0.23
James W. Miller	500	0.22
Bryan R. Benson	491	0.21
Bob McGugan	433	0.19
Charles-Alwyn Scotlend	421	0.18
Ed Hay	374	0.16
Aurel Joseph Prefontaine	348	0.15
Rudolph Parker	267	0.12
Total valid votes/Turnout	230,044	58.4

2004 mayoral election

On June 22, 2004, a by-election

By-election

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was held to fill the position of mayor, vacant since Glen Murray's resignation on May 11, 2004. At the same time, by-elections were held for councillor

Councillor

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in the River Heights-Fort Garry and St. Boniface wards, and for two school trustee

Trustee

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2006 mayoral election

2010 mayoral election

Candidate	Total votes	%
Rav Gill	1,775	0.8
Brad Gross	3,398	1.68
(x)Sam Katz Sam Katz Samuel Michael Katz, OM is the 42nd mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is also a businessperson and a member of the Order of Manitoba.- Life before mayorship :...	116,308	54.8
Judy Wasylycia-Leis Judy Wasylycia-Leis Klazina Judith "Judy" Wasylycia-Leis is a Canadian politician. She was a Manitoba cabinet minister in the government of Howard Pawley from 1986 to 1988, and was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from September 22, 1997 to April 30, 2010...	90,913	42.8