What to know in Old Kildonan ward before Winnipeg's election
Longtime councillor Devi Sharma keeping her seat at city hall after no one registered to run against her
About Old Kildonan
Residents in Winnipeg's northernmost ward won't get a chance to vote for their city councillor this election.
Old Kildonan Coun. Devi Sharma, who has represented the area for more than a decade, will stay on as its representative at city hall for another term.
She kept the seat by acclamation, after the deadline to register to run for council passed on Sept. 20 with no one registered to run against her.
The ward, which stretches just past the city's north Perimeter Highway, includes the neighbourhoods of Garden City, The Maples, Mandalay West, Leila North and Amber Trails.
People in Old Kildonan will still head to the polls with the rest of Winnipeg on Oct. 26 to vote for a new mayor and school trustees.
Council candidates are also on the ballot in 13 of the city's 15 wards, after Coun. Markus Chambers in south Winnipeg's St. Norbert-Seine River ward was also acclaimed.
In the 2018 election, roughly two in every five people eligible to vote in Old Kildonan — or about 41 per cent — cast a ballot for their ward's council seat, data from the city clerk's office shows.
Here's what else you need to know about Old Kildonan's next four years.
Meet the councillor
Devi Sharma was first elected in 2010, when she became Winnipeg's first Indo-Canadian councillor. She's also the first woman to serve as speaker at city hall — a role she took on in her first term in office.
What is she promising?
Sharma says she plans to work with neighbourhood watch groups to address public safety issues and focus on implementing Winnipeg's transit master plan.
She says she'll also focus on parks and recreation infrastructure and roads and active transportation routes, as well as on addressing homelessness and addictions in the city.
More ward profiles from CBC Manitoba
- Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood
- Daniel McIntyre
- Elmwood-East Kildonan
- Fort Rouge-East Fort Garry
- Mynarski
- North Kildonan
- Point Douglas
- River Heights-Fort Garry
- St. Boniface
- St. James
- St. Norbert-Seine River
- St. Vital
- Transcona
- Waverley West
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