Winnipeg | 2026 Civic election

[Chrisforpm]

The 1998 mayoral election was the first one I was allowed to vote in. I remember supporting Peter Kaufmann, not because I understood what his politics were, but because Murray was the “NDP” candidate. That was a bad word in the household I grew up in.

Flash forward 24 years and I’ve become much wiser (and a lot more centrist). I’ll be supporting Murray this time. Looking back on his time as mayor, he was probably one of the most transformative one we’ve had in a generation or two.

Esplande Riel, Hydro Place and MTS centre. Now it wasn’t all him, he had a major ally on Broadway. If he wins and when Wab becomes premier next year, I feel like we can replicate what he and Doer did downtown, in the early 2000s.