Winnipeg municipal election, 1992
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The 1992 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 28, 1992 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

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Susan Thompson
Susan Thompson
Susan Ann Thompson was the 40th mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was the first female to serve as mayor of Winnipeg and served two terms as mayor and held this post from 1992 to 1998.Thompson graduated with a BA from the University of Winnipeg in 1971...

 defeated Greg Selinger in the mayoral contest.

Councillors

  • Patrice McGrath was a first-time candidate. She was a taxi driver in Winnipeg during the 1990s. In 1993, she wrote a letter criticizing the existing welfare system in the city. She argued in favour of job creation with incentives, rather than cutbacks for single employable persons.
  • John Kubi was a first-time candidate. During the late 1990s, he served on a panel that reviewed George Cuff's recommendations for restructuring Winnipeg's municipal government. Kubi argued that Cuff's recommendations would centralize decision-making and reduce public consultation, and recommended its rejection. He was a member of the River East Neighbourhood Network in 2002, and called for a greater police presence in the area. As of 2007, he is a member of the East Kildonan-Transcona Resident Advisory Group.

  • Andrea Lillian Reid chaired an advisory committee on the Transcona Community Revitalization Program before running for public office.

Mayor

1992 Winnipeg mayoral election
Candidate Votes Percentage
Susan Thompson
Susan Thompson
Susan Ann Thompson was the 40th mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was the first female to serve as mayor of Winnipeg and served two terms as mayor and held this post from 1992 to 1998.Thompson graduated with a BA from the University of Winnipeg in 1971...

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%

Winnipeg School Division
Winnipeg School Division
The Winnipeg School Division is the largest of six public school divisions in Winnipeg, serving 77 schools and over 33,000 students and their families in the central part of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.The division was founded in 1871...

Results taken from the Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg Free Press
The Winnipeg Free Press is a daily broadsheet newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Founded in 1872, as the Manitoba Free Press, it is the oldest newspaper in western Canada. It is the newspaper with the largest readership in the province....

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Electors could vote for three candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.
  • Bill Sanderson is an aboriginal Canadian. He was raised in St. Laurent on the Red River
    Red River of the North
    The Red River is a North American river. Originating at the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers in the United States, it flows northward through the Red River Valley and forms the border between the U.S. states of Minnesota and North Dakota before continuing into Manitoba, Canada...

    , and was educated in Canada's notorious residential school system. He has a degree in Education from the University of Manitoba
    University of Manitoba
    The University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed...

    , and successfully lobbied for the creation of an all-aboriginal Winnipeg high school in 1991. He was elected to the Winnipeg School Board in the 1992 election with the support of the New Democratic Party
    New Democratic Party of Manitoba
    The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...

    , and was subsequently chosen as its vice-chairman. He attracted some controversy in 1993, when he accused fellow trustee Betty Granger
    Betty Granger
    Betty Granger is a former school trustee in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. During the 2000 federal election, her comments about Asian immigration to Canada provoked a national political controversy....

     of racism. The following year, he brought forward a successful motion to have the all-aboriginal Aberdeen Elementary School renamed as Niji Mahkwa. He also supported a motion to teach tolerance toward homosexuals in Winnipeg's public schools in 1994, comparing the social struggles of homosexuals with those of aboriginal Canadians. In 1995, he called for a distinct aboriginal school division in Manitoba. Sanderson became involved in another controversy in 1995, in the period after MaryAnn Mihychuk
    MaryAnn Mihychuk
    MaryAnn Mihychuk is a former politician from Manitoba, Canada. She was a cabinet minister in the government of New Democratic Premier Gary Doer from 1999 to 2004...

     resigned as chairman of the board. Sanderson argued that he should have automatically succeeded to the position by virtue of his vice-chairmanship; a majority of trustees, however, elected Anita Neville
    Anita Neville
    Anita Neville, MP was a Canadian politician. She was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal in the general election of 2000, and was re-elected in 2004 and 2006, before being defeated in 2011.-Early life and career:...

     to the position. Sanderson then accused the trustees who voted against him of having been motivated by racism, a charge which they rejected. Fellow trustee Ed Kowalchuk
    Ed Kowalchuk
    Ed Kowalchuk was an administrator and elected official in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was president of the Manitoba Teachers Society, and chaired the Winnipeg School Board on two separate occasions....

    , who had supported Sanderson, said that his support for an aboriginal school division had made him unpopular with other members of the board. He campaigned for re-election in 1995
    Winnipeg municipal election, 1995
    The 1995 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 25, 1995 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg.Susan Thompson defeated Peter Kaufmann and Terry Duguid in the mayoral contest.-Councillors:...

     as an independent, having previously disagreed with the New Democratic Party trustees on budget cuts. He was defeated, finishing eighth in a field of sixteen candidates.

Transcona-Springfield School Division
Transcona-Springfield School Division
The Transcona-Springfield School Division is a former school division in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was merged with the River East School Division in 2002 to create the new River East Transcona School Division....

1992 Winnipeg election, Transcona-Springfield School Division
Transcona-Springfield School Division
The Transcona-Springfield School Division is a former school division in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was merged with the River East School Division in 2002 to create the new River East Transcona 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
Theresa Ducharme
Theresa Ducharme was a Canadian activist for the rights of the disabled and a perennial candidate for public office. She lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.-Activist:...

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.
  • Wally Stoyko was listed as a retired school principal in a 2005 newspaper article.
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