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Glen Murray (born October 27, 1957) is a politician who was formerly the mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The first openly gay mayor in a large North American city, he was elected mayor on October 28, 1998 with 50.5% of the vote in a close race against grocer Peter Kaufmann , who received 45% of the vote. Murray was re-elected in 2002.

Murray was born in Montreal, Quebec and attended Concordia University. Prior to being elected mayor, he was a coordinator of health education, working with AIDS patients at a Winnipeg clinic. Murray served as city councillor for Fort Rouge from 1990 to 1998.

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