The numbers are sobering. Over the past 151 years, only 33 women have been elected to Winnipeg city council. That’s only a fraction (7.2 percent to be precise) of the 456 men that have won seats on council during that period. The municipal government has become more diverse in recent years as more women have entered politics. Still, of the 16 members on city council today, only five are women, just under a third. that’s highest proportion in Winnipeg’s history. Meanwhile, Winnipeg has only had one women mayor, and that was over 25 years ago – Susan Thompson, who served two terms in office and was first elected in 1992.