Shirley Render (born April 1, 1943
Early life
Born Shirley Hurst in Winnipeg, and has lectured in Psychology at the University of Manitoba. She has also worked as a magazine editor.
She married Douglas E. Render. She is a member of the International Association of Women's Pilots and the Women and History Association, and has served as President of the Western Canada Aviation Museum (though her time as president coincided with a period of financial controversy at the museum).
Politics
Render was first elected to the Manitoba legislature as a Progressive Conservative in the 1990 provincial election in the south-central Winnipeg riding of St. Vital, defeating incumbent Liberal Bob Rose by 118 votes. She was re-elected by a greater margin in the 1995 provincial election, with the social-democratic New Democratic Party (NDP) displacing the Liberals for second place.
Render entered cabinet on February 5, 1999, the date of Premier Gary Filmon's final cabinet shuffle. She was appointed Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, with responsibility for the Gaming Control Act. In the provincial election held later in the year, she lost her seat to NDP candidate Nancy Allan by over 1,500 votes.
Electoral record
|Progressive Conservative
|Shirley Render
| style="text-align:right;" |3,119
| style="text-align:right;" |37.83
| style="text-align:right;" |-6.20
| style="text-align:right;" |$20,036.18
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.
In 2017, the city of Winnipeg opened Shirley Render Park, near St. Vital Park. The site was formerly a St. Vital landfill.
Published works
- Render, Shirley. Double Cross: The Inside Story of James A. Richardson and the Canadian Airways. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1999. .
- Render, Shirley. No Place for a Lady: The Story of Canadian Women Pilots. Winnipeg: Peguis Publishers, 1992, 2000 (2nd ed.). .