Scott Gillingham

Mayor at City of Winnipeg

Speaker

Scott Gillingham was elected as Winnipeg’s 44th mayor in October 2022 with a mandate to improve city services, invest in infrastructure projects that enhance economic development, and to tackle the city’s social challenges like homelessness and crime. Prior to being elected mayor, Scott was a two-term city councillor for the St. James ward first elected to Winnipeg City Council in 2014 and was re-elected in 2018.

Prior to serving on city council, Scott was as a pastor for more than twenty years, most recently at Grace Community Church in Headingley. He and his wife Marla have been married for 30 years and live in Silver Heights. Together, they have raised two adult children, daughter Hannah and son Andrew.