About Bill Uruski
Born 1942. Bill Uruski is a Canadian politician.
Bill Uruski (born July 27, 1942) is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party governments of Edward Schreyer and Howard Pawley.
The son of Frank Uruski and Mary Shwaliuk, He did not attend a university; however, he was a Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable from 1962 to 1967, and also worked as a farmer before entering public life.
Uruski was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1969, defeating longtime Liberal MLA Elman Guttormson in the rural, mid-northern riding of St. George. In 2003, he represented the Poultry Welfare Coalition in a presentation to the Senate of Canada. He has criticized the tactics of the Monsanto Company in expanding their corporate base in the Canadian prairies. From 2006 to 2009, Uruski served as chairman of the Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council.
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Bill Uruski was born on 27 July 1942.
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