Elections Manitoba

Elections Manitoba Staff

Headquarters Staff

Elections Manitoba is headed by the Chief Electoral Officer who is assisted by the Deputy Chief Electoral Officer. The CEO and DCEO are supported by a core staff of 21 people.

Field Staff

Returning officers (ROs) manage the election at the electoral division level and are your main contact for information and assistance during an election. They provide voter services — coordinating registration, answering questions about the voting process, setting up voting places — and candidate support — preparing and distributing the voters list, distributing and receiving forms and offering additional assistance.

Contact information for each RO appears on this website after an election is announced.

The Chief Electoral Officer hires ROs and assistant returning officers (AROs) to conduct the election in each electoral division. Returning officers recruit election officials for each electoral division.

Approximately 8,000 election officials are employed to administer a general election. This includes local election office staff and election officials who update the voters list and run the election at voting places across the province.