Edward Robert McGill (September 21, 1912
McGill was raised in Brandon, Manitoba, and was educated at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He worked for Inco Steel from 1933 to 1939. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1940 to 1945, and later managed the Brandon Flying Club. McGill married Marguerite Eve Shaw in 1942. He served as a director of the Brandon General Hospital, and was a member of the Brandon Police Commission. by just over 1,000 votes in the 1973 election, and again in the 1977 election. He died in Brandon at the age of 84.
McGill managed the Brandon airport for 25 years and it was renamed McGill Field in 1971 in his honour.