Stuart Murray leaving Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries board
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A prominent Tory has asked not to have his position with the Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Corp. board of directors renewed, after his term expired earlier this year.
Stuart Murray, the former provincial PC leader who is co-chairing the Manitoba 150 planning committee, had been a MLL board member since spring 2016, when the Progressive Conservatives formed government.
Murray said he wrote to Crown Services Minister Colleen Mayer about two weeks ago, asking to be replaced.
“My plate was pretty full. So it made sense for me to not be renewed and also, with the changes that were coming (to MLL). They’re putting in a new chair, so it’s time for them to renew the board,” the former MLA (Kirkfield Park, 2000-06) said in an interview.
Murray’s focus is now on planning for Manitoba’s 150th birthday celebrations next year and running his own startup, aimed at making Winnipeg a city internationally recognized for human rights education.
Mayer wasn’t immediately available for comment Thursday. A spokesperson for Crown Services said Murray has not yet been replaced on the board.
The province appointed a new MLL board chairman, Randy Williams, in February. He replaced Polly Craik, who was removed by the Pallister government over a difference of opinion.
Premier Brian Pallister said there was a dispute with Craik over a proposed expansion of the Club Regent Casino.
Craik, meanwhile, said she was ousted after objecting to government bypassing the board of directors and providing “financial direction” directly to MLL management.
Asked whether he approved of the MLL board’s current direction, Murray deferred to the remaining members.
“I’m off the board, so whatever direction they go will be the direction they decide to take,” he said, adding his overall experience on the board was “very, very positive.”
“I enjoyed my time on the board very much. I think Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries is a really impressive Crown corporation.”
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