Gord Steeves

Gordon "Gord" Steeves is a Canadian politician, formerly a city councillor for the ward of St. Vital in Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[1] He resigned from city council in 2011 in order to run in the provincial election as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the electoral district of Seine River, but was defeated by NDP incumbent Theresa Oswald by 924 votes. Changes made to Manitoba election rules by the NDP no longer allow city councillors to take a leave of absence to run for other offices. The municipal by-election to succeed Steeves in St. Vital was won by Brian Mayes.

Previously, in 1995, Steeves ran under the Liberal banner for a seat in the provincial legislature but was defeated by David Newman.^[2] He later ran for school trustee in St. Vital in 1995 and won.^[3] He was re-elected in the 1998 election.^[4] He held that position until his election to council in a 2000 by-election. He later was named to executive policy committee under Glen Murray,^[5] and continued after Sam Katz was elected as mayor. Steeves was also at one point the president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.^[6]

In October 2013, Steeves announced his intention to run in the Winnipeg mayoral election the following year and he subsequently filed the registration paperwork in May, 2014.^[7] He finished fourth out of seven candidates.^[8]

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