Thomas Greenway, the village's founder, later became its provincial representative in the Manitoba Legislature and later Premier of Manitoba.
A political scientist and lawyer, he was constitutional advisor to the Premier of Manitoba and worked in special research at the Department of Labour in Ottawa, both in Canada.
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He ran as an opponent of premier Robert A. Davis's ministry (which was primarily supported by francophones), and defeated his sole opponent, Robert Hastie, by a margin of 92 votes to 65.
He was a researcher for the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba in the mid-1990s, and was appointed principal secretary to Premier Gary Filmon following Taras Sokolyk's resignation in September 1998 following the Aboriginal vote splitting scandal.
Like the Canadian federal government, Manitoba uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are sent to the Legislative Assembly after general elections and from there the party with the most seats chooses a Premier of Manitoba and Executive Council of Manitoba.
Some of its more prestigious passengers over the years included Queen Elizabeth II and Premier of Manitoba, Edward Schreyer, who sailed on the ship in 1970.
Norquay can refer to several places named for John Norquay, former Premier of Manitoba, Canada