{"id":668218,"date":"2026-05-14T05:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T05:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/668218\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T05:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T05:00:09","slug":"real-estate-agent-umar-hayat-making-another-run-at-winnipeg-mayors-office-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/668218\/","title":{"rendered":"Real estate agent Umar Hayat making another run at Winnipeg mayor&#8217;s office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manitoba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Real estate agent Umar Hayat is taking another crack at unseating an incumbent Winnipeg mayor.<\/p>\n<p>Finished 6th in 2018, also ran for provincial Liberals in 2023<\/p>\n<p>CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: May 13, 2026 10:49 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778734809_136_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Winnipeg mayoral candidate Umar Hayat at a CBC debate in October 2018. He&#8217;s running again this year. (Walther Bernal\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>Real estate agent Umar Hayat is taking another crack at unseating an incumbent Winnipeg mayor. <\/p>\n<p>Eight years after unsuccessfully challenging Brian Bowman, Hayat has registered to run for mayor. Scott Gillingham is seeking his second term. <\/p>\n<p>Hayat finished sixth in the 2018 mayoral election, receiving 2,229 votes. <\/p>\n<p>He also ran for the provincial Liberals in 2023, finishing third in the McPhillips constituency with 886 votes. Jasdeep Devgan won that constituency for the NDP.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Hayat and Gillingham on the Oct. 28 mayoral ballot so far are funeral director Mike Vogiatzakis and grocery clerk Chris Clacio. <\/p>\n<p>The deadline to register for the municipal election is Sept. 22.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manitoba Real estate agent Umar Hayat is taking another crack at unseating an incumbent Winnipeg mayor. Finished 6th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-668218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}