Winnipeg municipal election, 1992

The 1992 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 28, 1992 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg.

Susan Thompson defeated Greg Selinger in the mayoral contest.

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Results

Councillors

1992 Winnipeg municipal election, Councillor, Elmwood Wardedit
Candidate Total votes  % of total votes
(x)Lillian Thomas 6,708 57.99
Patrice McGrath 3,090 26.71
John Kubi 1,770 15.30
Total valid votes 11,568 100.00
1992 Winnipeg municipal election, Councillor, Transcona Wardedit
Candidate Total votes  % of total votes
(x)Rick Boychuk 7,800 47.12
(x)Shirley Timm-Rudolph 5,980 36.13
Andrea Lillian Reid 2,772 16.75
Total valid votes 16,552 100.00

Mayor

1992 Winnipeg mayoral election
Candidate Votes Percentage
Susan Thompson 89,743 39.01%
Greg Selinger 75,123 32.66%
Dave Brown 31,859 13.85%
Ernie Gilroy 26,001 11.30%
Natalie Pollock 1,311 0.57%
Dan Zyluk 833 0.36%
Darryl Soshycki 727 0.32%
Walter Diawol 553 0.24%
Menardo A. Caneda 534 0.23%
Martin Barnes 526 0.23%
James W. Miller (Pin The Elder) 500 0.22%
Bryan R. Benson 491 0.21%
Bob McGugan 433 0.19%
Charles-Alwyn Scotlend 421 0.18%
Ed Hay 374 0.16%
Aurel Joseph Prefontaine 348 0.15%
Rudolph Parker 267 0.12%
Total 230,044 100.00%

School trustees

Winnipeg School Division

1992 Winnipeg municipal election, Winnipeg School Board, Ward Three (three members elected)edit
Candidate Total votes  % of total votes
(x)Edward Kowalchuk 7,529 15.24
(x)Roman Yereniuk 6,601 13.36
Bill Sanderson 6,342 12.84
Debi Ann Spence 4,948 10.02
Chris Kowalski 4,587 9.29
Ray Reeves 4,314 8.73
Luba Fedorkiw 4,251 8.60
Frank Unger 3,497 7.08
Angelina Olivier-Job 3,041 6.16
Roy Price 2,314 4.68
Wayne Rumley 1,978 4.00
Total valid votes 49,402 100.00

Results taken from the Winnipeg Free Press.

Electors could vote for three candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.

Transcona-Springfield School Division

1992 Winnipeg election, Transcona-Springfield School Division, Ward One (three members elected)
Candidate Total votes  % of total votes
(x)Mary Andree 3,075 19.83
(x)Betty Ann Watts 2,595 16.73
Colleen Carswell 2,347 15.14
(x)Wally Stoyko 2,160 13.93
Gerald Basarab 1,728 11.14
Shannon Coughlin 1,444 9.31
Royce Hanson 1,345 8.67
Theresa Ducharme 813 5.24
Total valid votes 15,507 100.00

Electors could vote for three candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Patrice McGrath, "This is no way to reform welfare" [letter to the editor], 18 December 1993.
  2. ^ "City hall power splits Cuff panelists", Winnipeg Free Press, 16 March 1998, A7.
  3. ^ "Residents want cops", Winnipeg Free Press, 12 February 2002, A4.
  4. ^ "Residents get to rag politicians", Winnipeg Free Press, 24 November 2004, NE3. See also "Billboard battle brewing in EK", Metro, 27 December 2007.
  5. ^ "Committee plans historic' murals", Winnipeg Free Press, 8 September 1991.
  6. ^ Nick Martin, "Beyond the Red's grasp", Winnipeg Free Press, 5 May 1997, A6.
  7. ^ Brad Oswald, "Rookie turns page on native education", Winnipeg Free Press, 3 November 1995, D4.
  8. ^ Jennifer Lewington, "Breaking the cycle of school failure", Globe and Mail, 2 May 1994, A1; Bill Redekop, "Racism echoes in lecture hall", Winnipeg Free Press, 18 December 1994. Sanderson later called for Canadian history courses to incorporate more material from before the European conquest.
  9. ^ During a private conversation, Sanderson told Granger that he had recently bought a computer from his nephew, and Granger responded by joking that it must have been stolen. Sanderson suggested that Granger was intimating all aboriginal Canadians were thieves, a charge that she denied. See Larry Kusch, "Trustee accused of racism", Winnipeg Free Press, 30 July 1993.
  10. ^ Randy Turner, "School name changed", Winnipeg Free Press, 3 March 1994.
  11. ^ Bill Redekop, "Board defeats gay ed motion", 19 October 1994.
  12. ^ Bud Robertson, "More schools for natives?", Winnipeg Free Press, 20 April 1995.
  13. ^ Aldo Santin, "Trustee demands top job", Winnipeg Free Press, 12 May 1995.
  14. ^ Aldo Santin, "NDP grip on board ends", Winnipeg Free Press, 27 October 1995, A4.
  15. ^ Alexandra Paul, "Paul Martin: greatest Transconian (Really)", Winnipeg Free Press, 26 February 2005, B1.