Brian Bowman (politician)
Brian Thomas Douglas Bowman is a Canadian politician, the current mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba since the 2014 municipal election.Personal and early life
He is a self-identified Métis, and is the first mayor of aboriginal descent in the city's history, according to CBC News. Bowman attended Shaftesbury High School in Winnipeg. He worked as a privacy lawyer prior to entering the municipal election in 2014.Politics
He has been involved in the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, although he has never held elected office prior to his election to the mayoralty. Bowman publicly campaigned in 2014 on opening Portage and Main to pedestrians, and instead put the decision to a referendum in 2018 where it was defeated.| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Brian Bowman | 114,222 | 53.3 |
| Motkaluk, Jenny | 76,554 | 35.7 |
| Diack, Tim | 10,548 | 4.9 |
| Woodstock, Don | 4,738 | 2.2 |
| Wilson, Doug | 3,527 | 1.6 |
| Hayat, Umar | 2,229 | 1.0 |
| Ackerman, Ed | 1,697 | 0.8 |
| Machiraju, Venkat | 788 | 0.4 |
