Ernie Gilroy
| Ernie Gilroy | |
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| Winnipeg City Councillor | |
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In office 1989–1992 |
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| Constituency | Daniel McIntyre |
| Winnipeg City Councillor | |
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In office 1986–1989 |
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| Constituency | Sargent Park |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 October 1948 |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Children | Cindy Gilroy |
Ernie Gilroy is an administrator and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Winnipeg City Council from 1986 to 1992, and was a member of the city's executive policy committee (i.e. the municipal cabinet) during Bill Norrie's administration. Gilroy is also a senior organizer with the Manitoba Liberal Party, and ran under the party's banner in the 1990 provincial election. Since 2004, he has been the leader of the Manitoba Floodway Authority.
Gilroy holds a certificate in management and administration from the Canadian Institute of Management through the University of Manitoba. He is an insurance salesman in private life, and was a board member of the Insurance Brokers Association of Manitoba in 1997–98 and 1999–2000. In 1998, he raised concerns about proposed bank mergers when testifying before a federal Liberal Party task force on financial services. Gilroy has also served as Winnipeg chairman of Save The Children Canada, and has been a board member of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. He was appointed to the board of directors of the Royal Canadian Mint in 1998.
Gilroy's daughter, Cindy Gilroy, was elected as a Winnipeg Division One School Trustee in 2006 and was later elected as City Councillor for Daniel McIntyre in the 2014 municipal elections.
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. He was re-elected in 1989, for the redistributed ward of Daniel McIntyre. Widely respected for his abilities in government, Gilroy served in Mayor Bill Norrie's cabinet during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He chaired the Planning and Community Services Committee, the Finance and Administration Committee and the Protection Parks and Culture Committee, as well as chairing a planning committee in 1991–92 that produced the report, Plan Winnipeg: Toward 2010.
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