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Memorable Manitobans: Inez Geneva Gandrud Trueman (1917-2015)
MLA (1969-1973), community activist.
Born at Glenwood, Minnesota on 8 April 1917, daughter of Gustav and Ida Gandrud, she trained as a nurse and met her physician husband Kenneth Trueman (?-1977) at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, moving with him to Winnipeg in 1939. She became involved in community life, serving as President of the Junior League of Winnipeg (1951-1952), Central Volunteer Bureau (1954-1956), and Social Planning Council of Winnipeg (1965-1967). She was a Winnipeg city councillor for River Heights (1968-1969) and elected in 1969 as MLA for Fort Rouge (1968-1973) but was defeated in 1973. She ran in the 1980 federal election and was named a YWCA Woman of the Year in Political Affairs and Government. She died at the Grace Hospital on 22 August 2015.
Sources:
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 24 August 2015, page C7.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 January 2019
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