The 2006 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 25, 2006 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Sam Katz was re-elected Mayor of Winnipeg over left-leaning challenger Marianne Cerilli.
Results
Mayor
Council
Wally Roth was 61 years old at the time of the election, and owned an auto repair centre. During the 1980s, he was the owner of a used car business called Economy Auto Sales of Winnipeg and a resident advisor to city hall. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, Roth has described his political views as "straight down the middle". He endorsed Mayor Sam Katz's bid for re-election in the 2006 campaign.
School Trustees
St. James-Assiniboia School Division
Linda Archer was first elected to the St. James-Assiniboia School Board in a 1994 by-election, following the death of Maureen Jack. She said that she was not political or issue-driven, and indicated that she wanted to maintain high-quality education. She was re-elected in the general elections of 1995, 1998, 2002 and 2006. She became president of the Manitoba Association of School Trustees for a one-year term in 2002, and in this capacity criticized the provincial government's plans for school board amalgamation. She also argued that class sizes should be overseen by school boards, rather than by the province. At the end of her term in 2003, she delivered a speech arguing that Manitoba school boards were under attack from the provincial government. She also helped spearhead a change to MAST's constitution, allowing presidents to serve for two-year terms. Bruce Chegus was first elected to the St. James-Assiniboia School Board in 1989, and was re-elected in 1992, 1995, 1998, 2002 and 2006. He served as chair of the St. James-Assiniboia board after the 1995 election, and spearheaded an initiative to release reports on student academic performance and student perceptions of education to the general public.
River East Transcona School Division
Colleen Carswell was first elected to the Transcona-Springfield School Division in 1992, and was re-elected in 1995 and 1998. She served as its chair from 1998 to 2000, and led the board in its controversial decision to impose rent charges on before- and after-school day care. She also supported the contracting out of bus and mechanical services. She was elected to the amalgamated River East Transcona board in 2002, and voted against a high-profile proposal to rename Wayoata School after Terry Fox in 2005. Carswell was chosen as vice-chair of the River East Transcona Division after her re-election in November 2006.
Post-election changes
John Orlikow resigned his seat on the Winnipeg School Board to run for a vacant seat on the Winnipeg City Council.