Shirley Render

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Shirley Render
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St. Vital
In office September 11, 1990 –September 21, 1999		Expenditures
	New Democratic	Christine Melnick	4,455	54.03	+7.35	$21,486.24
	Progressive Conservative	Shirley Render	3,119	37.83	-6.20	$20,036.18
	Liberal	Kristopher Ade	671	8.14	+0.22	$8,594.68

v t e 1999 Manitoba general election : St. Vital
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Nancy Allan	5,298	50.91	+16.29	$24,796.00
	Progressive Conservative	Shirley Render	3,699	36.09	-5.38	$30,635.47
	Liberal	Lynn Clark	1,099	10.72	-13.19	$10,303.82
	Manitoba	Brian Hanslip	188	1.83		$846.32
Total valid votes			10,204	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			46
Turnout			10,250	74.04
Registered voters			13,844

1995 Manitoba general election : St. Vital
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Shirley Render	4,021	41.47%	5.17%
	New Democratic	Sig Laser	3,357	34.62%	9.05%
	Liberal	Timothy Joseph "Tim" Ryan	2,319	23.91%	-11.11%
Total valid votes			9,697	–	–
Rejected			41	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			13,037	74.38%	1.53%
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2089 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1990 Manitoba general election : St. Vital
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Shirley Render	3,361	36.30%	1.86%
	Liberal	Bob Rose	3,243	35.02%	-7.19%
	New Democratic	Kathleen McCallum	2,368	25.57%	3.83%
	Western Independence	Doug Browning	288	3.11%	1.94%
Total valid votes			9,260	–	–
Rejected			19	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			12,711	72.85%	-6.09%
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2086 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

Current work

Render is currently a member of the Community Partnership Executive at CBC Manitoba, and lectures at the Asper School of Business and Red River College. In 2001, she received a Governor General of Canada 125 award. She is currently the executive director of the Western Canada Aviation Museum. ^[3]

In 2017, the city of Winnipeg opened Shirley Render Park, near St. Vital Park. The site was formerly a St. Vital landfill. ^[7]

Published works

• Render, Shirley. Double Cross: The Inside Story of James A. Richardson and the Canadian Airways. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1999. ISBN   1-55054-722-4.
• Render, Shirley. No Place for a Lady: The Story of Canadian Women Pilots. Winnipeg: Peguis Publishers, 1992, 2000 (2nd ed.). ISBN   0-9694264-2-9.

References

1. "MLA Biographies - Living". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
2. O'Handley, Kathryn (1994). Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Info Globe. ISBN   0-921925-549.
3. "Shirley Render - INAC 2001 Roll of Honour Winner". Canadian 99s.
4. "Review:Shirley Render, No Place for a Lady: The Story of Canadian Women Pilots, 1928-1992". Manitoba History. Manitoba Historical Society. Autumn 1994.
5. "St. Vital". Manitoba. CBC News.
6. "Riel". Manitoba Votes 2003. CBC News.
7. Pfeifer, Sharon (2017-10-17). "Former dump opened as new City of Winnipeg park". Global News . Winnipeg . Retrieved 2020-06-21.