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Winnipeg council seats called as Gillingham holds early mayoral lead

Election-night coverage names new councillors while a studio panel questions whether homelessness and basic support received enough attention during the campaign.

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Winnipeg Election 2026 results

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14:29Michael Redhead Champagne argues that homelessness and basic support were sidelined by transit and Kenaston debate.
23:08Early mayoral results put Scott Gillingham ahead of Kevin Klein and Mike Vogiatzakis.
24:54The network declares Jeff Palmer elected in Fort Rouge - East Fort Garry, replacing Sherri Rollins.
27:09Ray Dubois and Chris Sigurdson are declared elected in St. Norbert - Seine River and St. Vital.
37:47Sara MacArthur is declared elected; Vivian Santos and Matt Allard are declared re-elected.
51:09Mitch Bourbonniere addresses downtown safety, addiction concerns and community responses.

New faces are heading to Winnipeg's city council, according to election-night calls by Canada's CTV News, while incumbent mayor Scott Gillingham leads the early count ahead of Kevin Klein and Mike Vogiatzakis. The broadcast has not yet declared a mayoral winner in the portion covered here.

The special, titled "LIVE: Winnipeg Election 2026 results," follows municipal voting in Winnipeg, Manitoba's capital, and communities across the province. Anchors Maralee Caruso and Jon Hendricks move between results, campaign headquarters and a studio discussion about the priorities behind the vote.

The network declares Jeff Palmer elected in Fort Rouge - East Fort Garry, replacing Sherri Rollins. It also calls St. Norbert - Seine River for Ray Dubois, St. Vital for Chris Sigurdson and River Heights - Fort Garry for Sara MacArthur. Evan Duncan, Cindy Gilroy, Vivian Santos and Matt Allard are declared re-elected in their respective wards.

Those announcements arrive alongside a less numerical question: whose needs shaped the campaign? Community leader Michael Redhead Champagne argues that discussion concentrated on transit and Kenaston rather than homelessness and basic support. "I would love to see Winnipeg be a city, a human rights city, that actually takes care of people that are struggling," he says.

Pollster Mary Agnes Welch cautions that a crowded mayoral field does not necessarily produce stronger turnout, even as the anchors report high advance voting. Klein, whose platform includes police recruitment and property tax caps, says he is proud of his campaign. At Gillingham's headquarters, communications manager Colin Fast reports optimism based on the campaign's internal turnout tracking, not a completed count.

The coverage also visits incumbent Brandon mayor Jeff Fawcett's headquarters and interviews Mitch Bourbonniere of the Downtown Community Safety Partnership about downtown Winnipeg safety, addiction concerns and community responses.

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