Photo: Jasonbook99 · CC BY-SA 3.0Rebecca Chartrand (Liberal Party of Canada) holds Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, the riding that includes Gillam
Of the 14 Commons seats from Manitoba, the Conservative Party of Canada holds 7. No provincial riding is named for Gillam, since the terms of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba’s boundary file couldn’t be checked. For local government, Gillam is a town. Who leads Gillam’s council isn’t on an open record: there’s no open list of councils in Manitoba.
Three governments, and who does what
Gillam, a town in Manitoba, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
gov.mb.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
Gillam has no upper-tier council: Division No. 23, its census division, exists for statistics only.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Gillam, from the most recent elections.
- 1Gillam councilTown
- 2Legislative Assembly of Manitoba–
- 3House of CommonsChurchill—Keewatinook Aski
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Gillam votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Gillam council | 28 October 2026 | 23 October 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | 3 October 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The council elected on 28 October 2026 serves until 23 October 2030, when Gillam council is chosen again. That date comes from the The Municipal Councils and School Boards Elections Act, which sets the fourth Wednesday in October every four years. Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba on 3 October 2023. The latest vote shown is 2021: the 2025 counts carry Elections Canada’s non-commercial terms.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
gov.mb.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Rebecca Chartrand represents Churchill—Keewatinook Aski in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Churchill—Keewatinook Aski · Liberal Party of Canada
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Conservative Party of Canada7
- Liberal Party of Canada6
- New Democratic Party1
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Mapped onto today’s Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, the 2021 vote favoured the New Democratic Party with 43%, which makes Rebecca Chartrand’s 2025 win a gain. Rebecca Chartrand is new to Parliament, first elected in the April 2025 vote.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
In 2021, Churchill—Keewatinook Aski re-elected Niki Ashton of the New Democratic Party
Churchill—Keewatinook Aski as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
Niki Ashton already held it after the 2019 election, won with 50%. Niki Ashton won the 2021 race in Churchill—Keewatinook Aski for the New Democratic Party, polling 43% and beating Shirley Robinson (Liberal Party of Canada) by 3,118 votes. 36% of electors in Churchill—Keewatinook Aski voted in 2021, below the 63% turnout across Canada.
All 5 candidates in Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niki Ashton | New Democratic Party | 7,632 | 42.6% |
| Shirley Robinson | Liberal Party of Canada | 4,514 | 25.2% |
| Charlotte Larocque | Conservative Party of Canada | 4,330 | 24.2% |
| Dylan Young | People's Party of Canada | 899 | 5.0% |
| Ralph McLean | Green Party of Canada | 552 | 3.1% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Gillam is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
electionsmanitoba.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Not on this page. Party control (Canadian councils are mostly elected without parties, and the open lists record none), council budgets, and band councils.
- Election results. Where the page says “today’s boundaries”, it means Elections Canada’s estimate of the 2021 vote on the 2023 ridings; every other count is official and on the 2013 map.
- Which riding. A place belongs to the riding where most of its 2021 Census residents live, plus any other with 5% or more.
- Who holds each seat. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
Questions about how Gillam is run
Who is the MP for Gillam?
Rebecca Chartrand of the Liberal Party of Canada is the MP for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, which includes Gillam.
Which party won Gillam in the 2021 federal election?
Churchill—Keewatinook Aski went to Niki Ashton (New Democratic Party) in 2021. Since 2025, Rebecca Chartrand has been the MP for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski.
Who is the MLA for Gillam?
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba’s website names each MLA by riding; the riding of Gillam has to be looked up there.
Who heads the council in Gillam?
Gillam, a town, lists its council on its own pages; no open list names the head here.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).