Bernie Wolfe - Offices and Positions Held

Offices and Positions Held

President – Young Liberals of Canada Secretary/Boy's Work/Counseling/ Membership/ Public Relations - Y.M.C.A. President – Transcona Chamber of Commerce Attended United College (now the University of Winnipeg) Partner and Co-founder of Ernst, Liddle & Wolfe Limited (insurance, real estate, financial and appraisal services for Western Canada and Northwest Ontario) Past Navigator 4th Degree – Knights of Columbus, St. Boniface (1956) President – Manitoba Chamber of Commerce Vice-President - Community Welfare Planning Council - Metropolitan Winnipeg Director – Manitoba Chamber of Commerce Chairman – Town Planning Commission – City of Transcona Manager – Industrial Development Board – City of Transcona Secretary-Treasurer – Amateur Athletic Union of Canada (Manitoba Branch) Chairman – Steering Committee Manitoba Recreation Study - Province of Manitoba Treasurer – Welfare Council - Greater Metropolitan Winnipeg Special Advisor – Seventh Day Adventists of Manitoba Chairman – Housing-Urban Renewal Studies – City of Winnipeg – 1953-1968 Vice President - Canadian Chamber of Commerce (1956–1957) President – Manitoba Chamber of Commerce – 1957 School Trustee Transcona –Springfield School Division No. 12 – 1958-1965 Councilor-Vice-Chairman – Winnipeg Regional Metropolitan Government – 1960 - 1971 President – Kiwanis Centre (1960) Advisory Board Member – Tache Hospital, Sisters of Charity (Montreal) – 1962-1968 Building Chairman – Tache Hospital - 1964, and 1968–1972 Chair – Winnipeg Convention Centre Development and Building Program – 1969 Director – Urban Transportation Conference (Toronto) - 1969 Vice President - Manitoba Aviation Council – 1969 Chairman – Rail Relocation and Rationalization Studies - Department of Transport 1970–1972 Studies finding used as the basis for Bill C-27 Councilor - Deputy Mayor City of Winnipeg – 1971-1977 Director – Winnipeg Convention Centre Board of Directors – Rainbow Stage Board of Directors – Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers Chairman – Tri-level Government Railway Study on Rail Rationalization - Relocation – 1972 President - Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities (now the Federation of Canadian Municipalities) – 1974-1975 Executive Member – 1971-1976 Member - City of Winnipeg Board of Commissioners – 1975-1977 Canadian Delegate – World Mayors Conference (Milan) – 1976 Delegate – Habitat (Vancouver) - 1976 Board Member – Winnipeg Art Gallery – 1976-1978 Building Committee – Victoria General Hospital Board Member – Western Canada Aviation Museum Founding Member - Heritage Winnipeg Corporation – 1978 Founding Member – Old Market Square Association (now the Exchange District) – 1978 President - Winnipeg Convention & Visitors Bureau – 1978 Board Member – Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra – 1979-1980 Canadian Transport Commissioner - March 1979 – March 1989 Air Transport Committee member Motor Vehicle Transport Committee member Railway Transport Committee member Water Transport Committee member Western Division Commissioner Manitoba Governor – Heritage Canada Foundation – 1982-1983 President - Heritage Winnipeg Corporation – 1986-2000 Board Member – Tourism Winnipeg – 1988-1994 Board Member – Western Pictorial Index Board Member – Aboriginal Centre of Winnipeg including Heritage Corporation Citizens Committee Vice President – Manitoba Heritage Federation