Municipal Election 2022

It may have taken a few extra hours to become official, but Ed Penner is in fact the new councillor for Ward Four in the Rural Municipality of Hanover.

After the final votes had been tallied Wednesday night, Penner came out on top of incumbent Councillor John Giesbrecht by a count of 319 to 279.

Hanover Senior Election Official Lois Gresiuk informed us Thursday morning that Giesbrecht had asked for a recount because of the narrow margin of victory. That recount was completed Thursday afternoon.

A recount has been requested for Ward Four in the Rural Municipality of Hanover.
    
Senior Election Official Lois Gresiuk says incumbent Councillor John Giesbrecht requested the recount after yesterday's vote saw him lose to challenger Ed Penner by 40 votes. After the last ballot was counted, it showed Penner received 319 votes compared to Giesbrecht with 279.

The voters in Oakland-Wawanesa went to the polls on Wednesday and had some choices to make.

Reeve Dave Kreklewich was being challenged by former councilor Dennis Rome and the incumbent came out on top collecting 529 votes to Rome’s 370. “It’s a big win as far as keeping the municipality on the right track. We’ve done some great work over the past four years and want to see it continue. We’ve got a lot of returning councilors and it brings stability and at the same time lets people know we want to do the right thing.”

Rural Municipalities (Wards will be added throughout the day)

Carberry
Ray Muirhead 274 elected Mayor
Rebbie Rea: 178
Stuart Olmstead: 77

At large
William Kalinowich 406 elected
Emma Denton 315 elected
John Anderson 296 elected
Michael Sudak 282 elected
Samantha Vandamme 260
Micheal Hamilton 207

Cartier
Incumbent Christa Vann Mitchell 556 elected Reeve
Dale Fossay 376

Portage la Prairie City Council

Preston Meier re-elected 2114
Ryan R. Espey re-elected 2080
Terrie Porter elected 1970
Faron Nicholls elected 1922
Joe Masi elected 1797
Colin Doyle elected 1444
Garry J. Sloik 1429
Paul Sainsbury 1026
BJ Fox 793
Christopher Kitchen 772
Bill Knott 681
Mitch Tilk 665
Raahim Iqbal 382
Ajay Aggarwal 262

Portage School Division Trustees - Ward 1

"The biggest thing I can say is I'm extremely relieved," said new City of Winkler Mayor Henry Siemens in a late night interview after the unofficial results of the municipal election were announced. "I was hoping the message would be clear, and the community wanted to reconcile and to rebuild and to move forward. I think, from what I see here, that's fairly consistent with that. Job one is going to be to move forward."

After serving the R.M. of La Broquerie for eight years as councillor, Ivan Normandeau now has the keys to municipality. 

For the first time since 2006, the Rural Municipality of Hanover has a new Reeve. 

Jim Funk was victorious over Don Bouchard in Wednesday's election. Funk claimed 1,949 votes compared to Bouchard's 551.

Funk, who says he likes the sound of "Reeve Funk," admits he could sense that support while on the campaign trail.

"There was a sense that I felt that I would have the support even though they did not mention a yea or nay to me," says Funk. "But deep down I felt that there was support there."

The next edition of Portage la Prairie's City Council has been decided, and there will be some familiar faces at City Hall.

Preston Meier and Ryan Espey finished at the top of the leaderboard,  the only two finishing with more than 2000 votes.

Terrie Porter, Faron Nicholls, Joe Masi and Colin Doyle finished in the other four spots.

For the Portage School Division, Gregg Waldvogel, Tracey Asham, Rhonda Mccutcheon, Shauna-Lei Leslie, and Donald Smoke were selected in Ward 1, the City of Portage.

Today, October 26, 2022, is the Manitoba Municipal Election.

Results appear as the number of votes following the candidate's name below.

The following is the most up-to-the-minute information from Elections Manitoba and local returning officers.

City of Steinbach

Mayor

• Earl Funk (Incumbent) - Acclaimed

Council