Happy to see women in government, advocates say as numbers continue to rise – Winnipeg [Video]

Depending on the results of next week’s election, the United States could be on the verge of electing its first-ever woman as president.

Thirty-two years ago next week, Susan Thompson became Winnipeg’s first, and so far only, woman to serve as mayor. Advocates say the number of women in politics is on the rise.

The province of Manitoba made similar history in 2021, when Heather Stefanson became the first woman to take on the mantle of premier.

Thompson, who served two terms in office between 1992 and 1998, told 680 CJOB’s Connecting Winnipeg that getting elected was only half the battle, as she didn’t have the support of council, at least when she first became mayor.

“I just had to try to get council to support me — which they did in the end,” she said.

“In the end, my city council and I did more in the time that we were in office than had been done …