Trustee since 2026

Brian Mayes had the good fortune to grow up in St. Vital, represent the community as a city councillor, and now serve as a Louis Riel School Division trustee. Brian's father, Hubert, worked as a French professor at The University of Winnipeg, and his mother, Gerry, taught kindergarten for the St. Vital School Division. Education was a priority! Brian, however, did not move into the teaching profession. Instead, after graduating from Hastings School and Dakota Collegiate, he obtained a Bachelor of Public Administration from Carleton University, a Master of Industrial Relations from the University of Toronto, and a law degree from U of Toronto in 2001. Brian has had a varied career as an Ontario public servant, a negotiator for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, and a lawyer in private practice in Brandon and Winnipeg.

Brian and his wife, Dr. Alison Marshall, moved to Brandon in 2000 as Dr. Marshall began her academic career at Brandon University. Brian worked as a lawyer in private practice in Brandon for the next decade and served as a Brandon School Division trustee from 2006 to 2010. Their two sons were born in Brandon in 2004 and 2005.  

After the family moved back to St. Vital in 2010 (with the boys attending Hastings, École Julie-Riel and École Marie-Ann Gaboury), Brian successfully ran for the St. Vital city council seat in a 2011 by-election.  Brian enjoyed the honour of being a city councillor and is particularly proud of the many projects he jointly funded with the LRSD, including three running tracks, three community kitchen upgrades, four outdoor classrooms, eight play structures, 11 basketball courts, a new theatre at Collège Jeanne-Sauvé, a new turf field at Dakota, and many more.  

Brian wanted to run for trustee to continue his work for the community. "I enjoyed serving as a trustee in Brandon, and hope to continue building on the progress made by LRSD. We have come a long way in areas like anti-bullying, mental health, and sexuality awareness since I was a student in the 1970s and 1980s.  In many ways, these are the good old days."  

Brian wants to keep promoting the high school academic team competition Reach for the Top (the provincial championship trophy was recently named in his honour) and, as a competitive runner for over 40 years, hopes to use the LRSD's upgraded running tracks.