The 2002 Winnipeg municipal election was held on 23 October 2002 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg.

Glen Murray, the city's centre-left mayor, was re-elected to a second term over challenger Al Golden.

Results

Mayor

Councillors

Greg Bozyk was a sales representative for a security company at the time of the election. He indicated that he was putting $10,000 of his personal savings into the campaign.David O'Brien, "Who's going to win?", Winnipeg Free Press, 19 August 2002, A3. Boyzk supported budget increases for police and firefighters.Leah Hendry, "Definition of neighbourhood becomes key election issue", Winnipeg Free Press, 22 October 2002, A11. After his defeat, he was quoted as saying, "The people of Elmwood deserve what they get. We're going to continue to be a have-not area... we're going to continue to be the Newfoundland of Winnipeg."Bozyk's comment refers to Newfoundland's historical status as a have-not region of Canada in 2002. See "Council sees few new faces after vote", 24 October 2002, A10.

Carol Miles was the 44-year-old director of finance for the Canadian Food Grains Bank.Carol Sanders, "Transcona win sends message: new councillor", Winnipeg Free Press, 24 October 2002, A10. She was endorsed by the New Democratic Party and the Winnipeg Labour Council,"Winnipeg Labour Council lists candidates it will back", Winnipeg Free Press, 22 August 2002, A16. and called for community policing in areas with high crime.Nick Martin, "Pining for police", Winnipeg Free Press, 20 October 2002, A6. Bob Cook was a 57-year-old retired policeman and president of the Transcona Golf Club.Leah Hendry, "Timm-Rudolph decides to call it quits", Winnipeg Free Press, 20 September 2002, A16. His candidacy was supported by Shirley Timm-Rudolph, the ward's outgoing councillor. Cook called for an increased police presence in the community, and opposed a suggestion that Transcona's police station could be moved to another part of Winnipeg for efficiency purposes.

School trustees

Winnipeg School Division

+ 2002 Winnipeg election, Winnipeg School Division, Ward Three (three trustees elected) Candidate Total votes % of total votes (incumbent)Mike Babinsky 10,892 23.97 (incumbent)Liz Ambrose 7,243 15.94 (incumbent)Roman Yereniuk 5,918 13.02 Luba Fedorkiw 5,158 11.35 Kevin Rebeck 3,644 8.02 Neri DiMacali 3,096 6.81 Don Smith 2,890 6.36 Alana Brownlee 2,820 6.21 Stan Tomchuk 2,371 5.22 Rylan Reed 1,405 3.09 Total valid votes 45,437 100.00

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

Kevin Rebeck is a Manitoba labour leader. He is a former records clerk with the Manitoba Workers Compensation Board, and joined the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in 1991."Union boss wants a minority gov't", Winnipeg Free Press, 3 April 2004, B4. He wrote against provincial workfare programs in 1995, arguing that they ignored the real problems of the job market while targeting the victims of high unemployment.Kevin Rebeck, letter to the editor, Winnipeg Free Press, 27 January 1995. He was chosen as vice-president of CUPE Manitoba in 1999, and became the union's interim president in late 2003 when Paul Moist left to lead the union's federal affiliate.Mary Agnes Welch, "Moist set to lead Canada's largest union", Winnipeg Free Press, 30 September 2003, B1. Rebeck was confirmed as the president of CUPE Manitoba by provincial delegates in April 2004, and said that he would work to empower members at the local level. He has also served as vice-president of the Manitoba Federation of Labour, general vice-president for CUPE National, and second-vice president for the Winnipeg Labour Council.Kevin Rebeck (biography), kevinrebeck.ca. Retrieved 18 June 2009. After the election of Stephen Harper's government in the 2006 federal election, he took part in an unsuccessful effort to preserve Canada's national child-care program."CUPE backs Liberal child care program", Winnipeg Free Press, 27 April 2006, online edition. When CUPE Ontario endorsed a resolution supporting the international campaign to boycott Israel in 2006, Rebeck wrote a public letter indicating that no similar resolution had been passed by his organization. He wrote that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was "complex", and called for dialogue that would "respect the legitimate aspirations of both the Palestinian and Israeli people".Kevin Rebeck, "Manitoba's CUPE different" [letter], Winnipeg Free Press, 10 June 2006, A16. Rebeck sought the federal New Democratic Party nomination for Elmwood—Transcona in the buildup to the 2008 federal election, and received the support of the Manitoba Federation of Labour.Mary Agnes Welch, "Blaikie wannabes lining up in Elmwood", Winnipeg Free Press, 21 December 2007, A7. He lost to Jim Maloway, who was later elected as the Member of Parliament for the riding.

River East Transcona School Division

+ 2002 Winnipeg election, Trustee, River East Transcona School Division, Ward One (two members elected) Candidate Total votes % of total votes (incumbent)Colleen Carswell 5,041 33.46 (incumbent)Mary Andree 3,136 20.82 Ken Silk 2,856 18.96 Carl Schneiderat 2,846 18.89 Dwayne Charles 1,185 7.87 Total valid votes 15,064 100.00

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

Mary Andree was a school trustee in Transcona from 1962 to 2006. She served as chair of the Transcona-Springfield School Division on more than one occasion, and was elected to the successor River East Transcona School Division in 2002. Andree was temporarily removed from the Transcona-Springfield School Board in December 1968, after a former trustee brought forward a charge that she benefited financially from her position on the board. The presiding justice John R. Solomon dismissed the charge in January 1969, and reinstated her to the board. Andree described the charge against her as "malicious".Winnipeg Free Press, 11 January 1969, p. 3; Winnipeg Free Press, 1 February 1969, p. 3. The former trustee who brought forward the charge was Gerald Shields. She later opposed the creation of a separate Transcona-Springfield French School Board in 1985, arguing that there were not enough French-language students in the area to justify its creation."Winnipeg trustees halt bid for a French school board", Globe and Mail, 30 December 1985, A4. In 1994–95, she led the Transcona-Springfield Board in requiring school staff to take six days of unpaid leave over the course of the year.Aldo Santin, "Forced savings vanish", Winnipeg Free Press, 18 February 1996, A4. She helped adopt an Equity/Race Relations Policy for the division in 1996,Glen MacKenzie, "Transcona-Springfield school division fights racism through awareness", Winnipeg Free Press, 27 March 1996, 3. and supported contracting out bus services in 2000.Nick Martin, "Division giving parents a refund", Winnipeg Free Press, 30 November 2000, A1. A strike over this issue was settled in January 2001, with an agreement that protected existing jobs but allowed subsequent replacements to be contracted out. ee Nick Martin, "Drivers vow fight in coming election", Winnipeg Free Press, 4 January 2001, A3. In 2005, she supported an unsuccessful attempt to rename Wayoata Elementary School after Terry Fox.Nick Martin, "School changes rejected", Winnipeg Free Press, 25 April 2005, B1.

+ 2002 Winnipeg election, Trustee, River East Transcona School Division, Ward Three Candidate Total votes % of total votes Bob Fraser 2,275 57.12 David Greskiw 879 22.07 Khalid Mahmood 829 20.81 Total valid votes 3,983 100.00

Khalid Mahmood is a frequent candidate for public office in Winnipeg. He ran for city council in 1986 with an endorsement from the New Democratic Party, and later ran for a school trustee position in 1995, 1998 and 2002. He has served as president of the Pakistan Canada Cultural Equation of Manitoba.Carol Sanders, "Agent, web firm in dispute Would-be immigrants stuck in Pakistan", Winnipeg Free Press, 28 July 2005, B1. During celebrations marking the fiftieth anniversary of Pakistan's independence, he called for better relations between Pakistani and Indian Canadians.Nick Martin, "Celebrations mark 50 years of freedom for Pakistan, India", Winnipeg Free Press, 14 August 1997, A6. He has also been acting president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association.Nick Martin, "Vigil held for Afghan refugees", Winnipeg Free Press, 9 October 2001, A5. In the 2002 election, he called for tougher anti-bullying measures and supported standard tests.Nick Martin, "Amalgamation a hot issue", Winnipeg Free Press, 21 October 2002, local section. He was elected to the board of the Manitoba Association of Parent Councils for 2004-05 and 2005–06.Karen Wade, "Manitoba movers", Winnipeg Free Press, 12 July 2004, A8; Karen Wade, "Manitoba movers", Winnipeg Free Press, 25 July 2005, B5.

St. James-Assiniboia School Division

+ 2002 Winnipeg election, Trustee, St. James-Assiniboia School Division, Kirkfield-St. Charles Ward (three members elected) Candidate Total votes % of total votes (incumbent)Linda Archer 5,561 28.50 Kelly de Groot 4,932 25.27 (incumbent)Bruce Chegus 4,375 22.42 (incumbent)Jan Paseska 2,531 12.97 Deborah Weddall 2,115 10.84 Total valid votes 19,514 100.00

Subsequent by-elections

City council