Manitoba, Canada Municipal elections 2026 — Live Results & Map

Manitoba votes on 28 October

Manitoba holds its general municipal elections on Wednesday 28 October 2026. Voters across the province elect mayors, reeves, councillors and school board trustees for four-year terms. Manitoba's municipal elections are non-partisan: there are no municipal parties on the ballot, and candidates stand as individuals.

The province's local government is split between cities and towns, which elect mayors, and rural municipalities, which elect reeves — the older title for the head of a rural council, still in everyday use in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Both sit alongside councillors elected either by ward or at large.

Winnipeg

Winnipeg contains well over half of Manitoba's population, and its mayoral race is the one contest in the province with a genuinely provincial profile. Twelve candidates were nominated for mayor by the deadline of 4.30 p.m. on 22 September. Scott Gillingham, who won the mayoralty in 2022 with 53,663 votes, is standing again and is second on the ballot; Kevin Klein, a former provincial cabinet minister and city councillor who finished third in 2022 with 28,806, is twelfth. The others, in ballot order, are Chris Clacio, Tracey Drexler, Johnny Calderon, Mike Vogiatzakis, Joshua Pagdato, Umar Hayat, Brad Gross, Don Woodstock, Mazher Alam and Noah Redden. Fifty-four candidates were nominated for the fifteen ward council seats, with at least two in every ward. The city elects its mayor at large and its councillors by ward.

Winnipeg's council decides on transit, policing, snow clearing and the property tax rate, and has spent much of the current term on infrastructure renewal and on the city's response to homelessness — the issues that tend to decide Winnipeg municipal elections, along with the perennial question of the road-repair budget.

Beyond the city

Brandon, Manitoba's second city, elects its own mayor and council, as do Steinbach, Portage la Prairie, Selkirk, Dauphin, Morden, Winkler, Thompson and Flin Flon. Alongside them dozens of rural municipalities — Brokenhead, Hanover, Macdonald, Rockwood, Ritchot, Gimli, La Broquerie, Rhineland, East St. Paul, Rosser and the rest — elect reeves and councillors. In several of them the reeve is returned unopposed, which is normal in rural Manitoba and is reported as an acclamation rather than as a vote.

The rules

Voting is first-past-the-post throughout. Mayors and reeves are elected in a single province-wide-style plurality contest within their own municipality; councillors are elected either one per ward by plurality, or at large by block voting where each voter marks as many names as there are seats. Each municipality runs its own election under Manitoba's Municipal Councils and School Boards Elections Act, with its own senior election official, so results are published municipality by municipality.

What ElectioMap will publish

The Winnipeg mayoral result and the results for Manitoba's other principal municipalities will appear here as each municipality releases them, with vote shares to two decimal places and turnout where it is reported. Every figure is captioned with its source and with how much of the count it rests on. No exit polls, projections or forecasts are published on this page.

Frequently asked questions

When are Manitoba's 2026 municipal elections?

Wednesday 28 October 2026, with voting places open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Central time (13:00 to 01:00 UTC). Voters across the province elect mayors, reeves, councillors and school board trustees to four-year terms. Anyone already inside the voting place at 8 p.m. may still vote.

What is the difference between a mayor and a reeve?

Both head a council. Cities and towns elect mayors; rural municipalities elect reeves, the older title for the head of a rural council, still in everyday use in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Councillors sit alongside them, elected either by ward or at large.

Who is running for mayor of Winnipeg?

Twelve candidates were nominated by the deadline of 4.30 p.m. on 22 September. In ballot order they are Chris Clacio, Scott Gillingham, Tracey Drexler, Johnny Calderon, Mike Vogiatzakis, Joshua Pagdato, Umar Hayat, Brad Gross, Don Woodstock, Mazher Alam, Noah Redden and Kevin Klein. Gillingham is the incumbent, elected in 2022 with 53,663 votes; Klein, a former provincial cabinet minister and city councillor, finished third in 2022 with 28,806. Winnipeg elects its mayor at large and its councillors by ward, and contains well over half of Manitoba's population.

Are these elections partisan?

No. Manitoba municipal elections are non-partisan: there are no municipal parties on the ballot and candidates stand as individuals.

Which other municipalities vote?

Brandon, Steinbach, Portage la Prairie, Selkirk, Dauphin, Morden, Winkler, Thompson and Flin Flon elect mayors and councils, alongside dozens of rural municipalities — Brokenhead, Hanover, Macdonald, Rockwood, Ritchot, Gimli, La Broquerie, Rhineland, East St. Paul and Rosser among them — electing reeves and councillors.

How does the voting work?

First past the post throughout. Mayors and reeves are elected in a single plurality contest within their municipality; councillors are elected either one per ward by plurality or at large by block voting, with each voter marking as many names as there are seats. Each municipality runs its own election under the Municipal Councils and School Boards Elections Act.

When will results be available?

Counting begins when the polls close at 8 p.m. Central time (01:00 UTC on 29 October), and most municipalities declare within a few hours. There is no central provincial count: each municipality's senior election official declares its own result, and a declaration can be postponed for up to seven days where a ballot box is missing or the count cannot be settled. This page carries the Winnipeg mayoral result and those of Manitoba's other principal municipalities as they are published, each captioned with its source and with how much of the count it rests on.

Compiled and reviewed from official results by ElectioMap. See our data methodology.