About Bill Norrie
Lived 1929 – 2012 (aged 83). Bill Norrie was a Canadian politician.
William Norrie (January 21, 1929 – July 6, 2012) was the 39th Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and was a onetime Chancellor of the University of Manitoba. Norrie was also involved in various charities, and once chaired the United Way of Winnipeg's annual campaign.
In August 1992 Norrie's son Duncan was killed in a plane crash over Nepal. Duncan was honoured by having a street in Winnipeg named after him.
Norrie had been the Honorary Consul-General of Japan in his later years, and he received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, in Spring 2009.
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Who was Bill Norrie?
Canadian politician
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Bill Norrie was born on 21 January 1929 in Saint Boniface.
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Bill Norrie died on 6 July 2012 in Winnipeg.
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Bill Norrie was a politician.
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Bill Norrie was Canadian.
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