Municipal Election 2022

City of Portage la Prairie
Incumbent: Irvine Ferris (not running)

TOTALS AS OF 9:41 p.m.
(26 of 27 polls reporting)

Sharilyn Knox 2025 - declared winner
Bryon Hamilton 786
John Donald Pelechaty 196
Mohammad Tahir Khan 68

Sharilyn Knox is the new Mayor of Portage la Prairie.

The City of Possibilities newest mayor won the election with 2,199 out of 3,393 votes.

Mayor Knox's first thought after winning was to show appreciation to those who voted for her.

"I just want to say thank you to all my supporters in the City of Portage," says Knox. "I'm very excited to have the confidence of the people in the city to lead this city and very excited to see what the next four years are going to bring."

It was a vote that kept the entire city on the edge of their seats all night, and now former city councillor Scott Gillingham will be the city's new mayor.

Glen Murray had an early lead as results began coming in, however, once just over half the polls reported Gillingham took a small lead and never looked back.

Before moving to politics Gillingham was a Pentecostal pastor in the city. Over the last eight years that he has been in city politics he has served as chair of the finance committee for six years, and also served on the police board.

By the end of the evening, Winnipeg will have its forty-fourth mayor.

Brian Bowman announced in October 2020 that he would not be seeking reelection after serving two terms. Eleven candidates are running to replace the outgoing mayor as Manitobans head to the polls across the province to vote for mayors, councils, and school trustees.

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245 of 251 polls reporting

Municipal election day in Manitoba has come and gone, and we have all the local results you are looking for below.

Cities, Towns and Municipalities are listed first, with school board trustee elections following.

A number of heads of council in the region had already been confirmed for the next term via acclimation prior to Wednesday's vote.

The following local mayors and reeves were acclaimed to the positions after no other candidates stepped forward during the call for nominations earlier this Fall:

A farewell event was held at Winkler City hall Tuesday afternoon for outgoing Winkler Mayor, Martin Harder. 

For many of the community's younger generation, Harder is the only mayor they likely remember. Harder served the city as mayor for 16 years and led his last council meeting last night.

The new mayor for the Town of Ste. Anne is looking forward to his new role on council. 

Yvan St. Vincent has served as Deputy Mayor and has won by his bid for Mayor by acclamation. He says the victory is great, but he would have preferred to have his name on the ballot today. 

It was a bit of a mixed bag in terms of voter turnout in the 2022 Municipal Election in northwestern Ontario.

On average, communities typically report around a 50 per cent voter turnout in most municipal elections. In the region, about half of our communities were able to hit the halfway mark.

In Kenora, the city reports that 5,962 residents voted for a 53.5 per cent turnout. Mayor Andrew Poirier received 64 per cent of the votes for his seat, while Barb Manson received the most votes for the Councillor position with 11.8 per cent.

Wednesday was election day in Manitoba. 

Here are results from civic and school board elections:

Souris-Glenwood:

Mayor:  Duane Davison   547   elected

             Darryl Jackson  (inc)  468

Council:  10 people for six seats

Bruce Apperlry  753  elected

Todd Walker  731 elected

Darcy Gerow  692  elected

Donald Brown  639  elected

Blake Denbow  630  elected

Election day has arrived in the City of Portage la Prairie, and the polls open at 8 a.m.

Our coverage on Portageonline will begin as soon as results are received after polls closed. There will be extensive updates on CFRY starting at 8:45 p.m. as well as updates on Mix 96 and Country 93 at 10 p.m., 11 p.m, midnight and overnight on the hour. 

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