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What to know in Point Douglas ward before Winnipeg's election

A first-term city councillor is facing two challengers in her campaign to keep representing the north Winnipeg ward of Point Douglas at city hall.

Incumbent faces business owner, barred real estate agent in her bid for 2nd term

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Winnipeg's Point Douglas ward includes the neighbourhoods of South Point Douglas, the Exchange District, Inkster Gardens and Tyndall Park. (CBC)

About Point Douglas

A first-term city councillor is facing two challengers in her campaignto keep representing the north Winnipeg ward of Point Douglas at city hall.

Incumbent Coun. Vivian Santos is goingup against Moe ElTassi, a former member of the Winnipeg Police Board, and Joe Pereira, a former real estate broker who was banned last year from practising in Manitoba.

The northwest Winnipeg ward includes the neighbourhoods of South Point Douglas, the Exchange District, Inkster Gardens and Tyndall Park.

People in Winnipeg will head to the polls on Oct. 26 to vote for a new mayor, school trustees and councillors in 13 of the city's 15 wards. Councillors in the other two wards have already been acclaimed meaning they automatically hold on to their seats after no one ran against them.

In the 2018 election, thePoint Douglasward had one of Winnipeg's lowestturnout rates for council voting. Just over 30 per cent of those eligible cast a ballot for theward's council seat, data from the city clerk's office shows.

Here's what you need to know before election day in Point Douglas.

Who's running?

Moe ElTassi is a former Winnipeg Police Board member and the owner of clothing store Sargent Blue Jeans in the West End.

A man in a suit holds a large white envelope under his arm, waving and smiling as he walks out the door of a public building.
Moe ElTassi is a former Winnipeg Police Board member and the owner of clothing store Sargent Blue Jeans in the West End. (Jeff Stapleton/CBC)

He has ties to the Point Douglas area through his father's business, Peerless Garments, where he works as a manager. Earlier this year, he was named a member of the Order of Manitoba.

Joe Pereira is a former real estate broker who was banned from practising in Manitoba by theManitoba Security Commissionafter he was accused of spendingmoney from potential clients on himself and usingblackmail to discourage them from pursuing refunds as he moved to Portugal.

Joe Pereira, a Point Douglas ward council candidate, says he wants to address homelessness and housing if he's elected. (Jeff Stapleton/CBC)

He blames those actions on addictions to alcohol and cocaine and says he's now sober.

Vivian Santos is the current councillor for the ward. She was elected in 2018 after her former boss Mike Pagtakhan, for whom Santos workedas executive assistant didn't run for re-election.

Vivian Santos is the incumbent for Point Douglas. She's running for her second term as city councillor. (Jeff Stapleton/CBC)

Since joining city council, shehas served on its property and development committee and as chairperson for the mayor's advisory committee on heritage, culture and art.

Santos also ran into controversy over not disclosing her COVID-19 vaccination status which led to her removalas the city's acting deputy mayor and failing a security check for her role on the Winnipeg Police Board, which forced her to resign from that position.

What are they promising?

ElTassi says he'dfocus on addressing poverty and crime and supporting education and economic development if elected.

Pereira says he wants to use his personal experience to address addictions in Winnipeg. He'dalso focus on homelessness, housing, crime, street improvements and recreation.

Santos says she wants to continue pushing for better services in Point Douglas, likebuilding a new Tyndall Park Community Centre gymnasium. She has also advocated for lower transit fares.

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People in Winnipeg will head to the polls on Oct. 26 to vote for a new mayor and councillors in 13 of the citys 15 wards. Councillors in the other two wards have already been acclaimed. (CBC)

Corrections

  • A previous version of this story incorrectly indicated Vivan Santos wants to improve the gym at Tyndall Park Community Centre, rather than building a new one.
    Sep 27, 2022 7:01 PM CT