Municipal elections are taking place across Manitoba on October 24th.
Local government policies are important to your business, so CFIB surveyed candidates to determine where they stand on key business issues including taxation, sustainable spending, and red tape reduction.
Candidate Responses:
City of Winnipeg:
Mayor:
- Ed Ackerman - View Response
- Brian Bowman - View Response
- Tim Diack - View Response
- Umar Hayat
- Venkat Machiraju
- Jennifer Motkaluk - View Response
- Doug Wilson - View Reponse
- Don Woodstock - View Response
Councillor: Charleswood - Tuxedo
- Kevin Klein - View Response
- Kevin Nichols - View Response
- Grant Nordman - View Response
- Ken St. George - View Response
Councillor: Daniel McIntyre
- Josh Brandon
- Cindy Gilroy
- Miah Sarowar
Councillor: Elmwood - East Kildonan
- Robb Massey - View Response
- Jason Schreyer
Councillor: Fort Rouge - East Fort Garry
- Peter Koroma
- Stephanie Meilleur
- Jeff Palmer
- Sherri Rollins
- Bryanna Spina
- Michael Thompson - View Response
- Harry Wolbert
Councillor: Mynarski
- David Capar
- Ross Eadie
- Greg Littlejohn
- Michael Wiens - View Response
Councillor: North Kildonan
- Jeff Browaty
- Andrew Podolecki
Councillor: Old Kildonan
- Brad Gross
- Devi Sharma
- Kaur Sikhu - View Response
Councillor: Point Douglas
- Dean Koshelanyk - View Response
- Vivian Santos
- Kate Sjoberg
Councillor: River Heights
- Gary Lenko
- John Orlikow - View Response
- Garth Steek
Councillor: St. Boniface
- Matt Allard
- Marcel Boille
Councillor: St. James
- Shawn Dobson
- Scott Gillingham - View Response
- Kurt Moton
Councillor: St. Norbert - Seine River
- Markus Chambers
- Glenn Churchill
- Nancy Cooke
- Chris Davis - View Repsonse
- Nikolas Joyal - View Response
Councillor: St. Vital
- Brian Mayes
- Baljeet Sharma
Councillor: Transcona
- Alex Allart
- Basil Evan
- Shane Geschiere
- Steven Lipischak
- Shawn Nason - View Response
- Sandeep Sharma
- Raymond Ulasy
- Wally Welechenko - View Response
Councillor: Waverley West
- Janice Lukes
City of Brandon:
City of Brandon:
Mayor:
- Rick Chrest - View Response
Councillor: Ward 1 - Assiniboine
- Jeff Fawcett
- Jeff Plas
Councillor: Ward 2 - Rosser
- Kris Desjarlais - View Response
- Glenn Kruck
Councillor: Ward 3 - Victoria
- Barry Cullen - View Response
- James Montgomery - View Response
Councillor: Ward 4 - University
- Shaun Cameron
- Karen Peto - View Response
Councillor: Ward 5 - Meadows - Waverly
- John LoRegio
- Gordon McRae
Councillor: Ward 6 - South Centre
- Nick Brown
- Bruce Luebke - View Response
Councillor: Ward 7 - Linden Lanes
- Shawn Berry
Councillor: Ward 8 - Richmond
- Ron Brown
- Ron Cayer
Councillor: Ward 9 - Riverview
- Brock McEwing
- Glenn Parker
Councillor: Ward 10 - Green Acres
- Jan Chaboyer
City of Steinbach:
Mayor:
- John Fehr
- Earl Funk
- Paul Neustaedter - View Response
Councilor:
- Adam Crookes
- Cyndy Friesen
- Bill Hiebert
- Jake Hiebert
- Mitesh Kumar - View Response
- Damian Penner
- Susan Penner
- Jac Siemens
- Alan Wiebe
- Michael Zwaagstra
City of Thompson:
Mayor:
- Ryan Brady
- Penny Byer
- Ron Matechuk
- Colleen Smook
Councillor:
- Adey Adeyemi - View Reponse
- Paul Beck
- Godfrey Buhagiar
- Chiew Chong
- Earl Colbourne
- Malanie Cutler
- Blake Ellis
- Les Ellsworth
- Jeff Fountain
- Tim Gibson
- Martin Grier
- Judy Kolada
- Brian Lundmark
- Andre Proulx
- Serena Puranen
- Dave Tugwood
- Kathy Valentino
- Rita Werstroh
- Duncan Wong
- Bryan Young
City of Portage la Prairie:
Mayor:
- Erik Lee - View Response
- Irvine Ferris
Councillor:
- Katherine Baer
- Brent Budz
- melissa Draycott
- Mickey Dumont
- Ryan Espey
- Brent Froese
- Sharilyn Knox
- Preston Meier
- Wayne Wall
City of Winkler:
Mayor
- Martin Harder
Councillor:
- Karina Bueckert
- Don Cruickshank
- Don Fehr
- Jerry Friesen - View Response
- Andrew Froese
- Michael Grenier
- Henry Siemens
- Zahid Zehri
City of Selkirk:
Mayor
- Larry Johannson
- Ian Kathwaroon
- Teresa Macumber
Councillor:
- John Buffie
- Kelly Cook
- Chris Downey - View Response
- Lorie Fiddler
- April Hourie
- Doug Poirier
- Darlene Swiderski
- Kim Wiebe
City of Morden:
Mayor
- Brandon Burley
- Ron McClain
- Karla Warkentin
Councillor:
- Doug Frost
- Rich Harries
- Garry Hiebert
- Hank Hildebrand
- Jim Hunt
- Gordon Maddock
- Nancy Penner
- Ray Reidle
City of Dauphin:
Mayor
- Allen Dowhan
Councillor:
- Kathy Bellemare
- Patti Eilers
- Joe Houston
- Rodney Juba
- Martin Kaminski
- Bruce Kozak
- Christian Laughland
- Laverne Lewycky
- Kerri Riehl
- Devin Shtykalo
Town of The Pas:
Mayor
- Herb Jaques
- Johanna McLauchlan
- Brian Roque
- Jim Scott
Councillor:
- Carrie Atkinson
- Margaret Commodore van Dijk
- Larry (Lawrence) Forster
- Crytal Krost (Morrish)
- Trevor Lane
- Roland Le Sann
- Andre Murphy
- Jonie Snyder
- Bill Ward
- Ivan Young
- Chad Zolinski
City of Flin Flon:
Mayor
- Cal Huntley
Councillor:
- Colleen Arnold
- Tim Babcock
- Joe Buie
- Alan French
- Thomas Heine
- S. David King
- Karen MacKinnon
- Colleen McKee
- Jordana Oulette
- Ken Pawlachuk
- Guy Rideout
- Patricia Sattelberger
To learn more about the six policies, visit CFIB’s Small Business Platform for Municipal Candidates.
To learn more about when and where you can vote, visit our municipal election information page.
If your municipality is not on listed, contact CFIB at 1-888-234-2232 or [email protected] to learn more.