32 Facts About Ernie Gilroy

Ernie Gilroy was born on 1948 and is an administrator and politician in Manitoba, Canada.

Ernie Gilroy holds a certificate in management and administration from the Canadian Institute of Management through the University of Manitoba.

Ernie Gilroy has served as Winnipeg chairman of Save The Children Canada, and has been a board member of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.

Ernie Gilroy was appointed to the board of directors of the Royal Canadian Mint in 1998.

Ernie Gilroy was elected to the Winnipeg City Council for the Sargent Park ward in 1986, defeating New Democratic Party candidate George Slobodzian by just under 300 votes.

Ernie Gilroy was re-elected in 1989, for the redistributed ward of Daniel McIntyre.

Widely respected for his abilities in government, Ernie Gilroy served in Mayor Bill Norrie's cabinet during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Ernie Gilroy was chairman of the Winnipeg Convention Centre board in the early 1990s, and took part in discussions to build a new arena for the Winnipeg Jets hockey team.

Ernie Gilroy supported a plan to build an arena called "Manitoba Gardens" in the city's downtown, and favoured the use of private-sector money rather than requiring the team's majority owners to contribute.

Ernie Gilroy was chosen as the City of Winnipeg's representative on the board of the Sargent-Ellice Business Improvement Zone in 1991.

Ernie Gilroy ran for Mayor of Winnipeg in 1992, highlighting his work for a new downtown arena.

Ernie Gilroy criticized rival candidates Susan Thompson and David Brown for promising to introduce a tax freeze, saying that this would be impossible in the wake of reduced funding from the provincial and federal governments.

Ernie Gilroy was supported by five Liberal Members of Parliament, and by the Winnipeg Police Association.

In 1993, Ernie Gilroy successfully lobbied to have a new community centre on Langside Street after former councillor Magnus Eliason.

Ernie Gilroy supported Terry Duguid in the 1995 mayoral election.

Glen Murray was elected as Winnipeg's mayor in the 1998 municipal election, and appointed Ernie Gilroy to serve on his transition team.

Ernie Gilroy later named Gilroy as the secretary of Winnipeg's executive policy committee.

Ernie Gilroy was eventually recognized as the most powerful behind-the-scenes negotiator in Murray's administration.

Ernie Gilroy later worked on Murray's behalf in the federal St Boniface riding, scouting out possible supporters if the mayor chose to run as a Liberal candidate in a 2002 by-election.

Ernie Gilroy was campaign manager for the Manitoba Liberal Party in the 1986 and 1988 provincial elections, and was chairman of the party's election readiness committee in the buildup to the 1990 election.

Ernie Gilroy ran for the party in the latter election, and finished second against New Democratic Party candidate Becky Barrett in the north-end Winnipeg division of Wellington.

Ernie Gilroy was appointed chair of the Manitoba Liberal Party's convention organizing committee in 1993, as delegates were chosen to elect a successor to outgoing leader Sharon Carstairs.

Ernie Gilroy resigned in protest when a hastily called meeting of the provincial executive committee extended the deadline for mail-in ballots.

Ernie Gilroy later returned to his position, after taking part in compromise discussions with the two candidates.

Ernie Gilroy was again called to stand-in as interim chair of the provincial Liberal campaign in 1995, when original manager Allister Gunson was forced to leave the province on business.

Ernie Gilroy worked on David Walker's successful re-election campaign in the 1993 federal election, and was Rey Pagtakhan's campaign manager in 1997.

Ernie Gilroy managed Jerry Fontaine's bid to lead the provincial Liberal Party in 1998.

Ernie Gilroy served as returning officer for the northern Churchill riding in the buildup to the 2000.

Shortly after stepping down as an aide to Glen Murray, Ernie Gilroy was appointed by the provincial government to serve as chair of the Floodway Expansion Interim Management Authority.

Ernie Gilroy wrote a guest editorial in support of the floodway extension for the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper in February 2004.

Ernie Gilroy defended a master labour agreement worked out for the floodway project, arguing that it would allow for cost certainty and labour peace.

Ernie Gilroy defended a wage increase in this period, arguing that it was necessary to keep workers from moving to Alberta and British Columbia.