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McKeag was born in Winnipeg , and was educated at the University Of Manitoba . He served as General Manager of Security Storage Limited (a family business) from 1952 until his appointment in 1970 . He also established the McKeag-Harris Reality and Development company in 1960 . In 1958 , McKeag ran for the Manitoba Legislature as a Liberal-Progressive candidate in the upscale Winnipeg riding of River Heights . This was the year in which Dufferin Roblin 's Progressive Conservatives ended forty-three years of Liberal and Progressive rule, and McKeag was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate W.B. Scarth . From 1966 to 1969 , McKeag was a councillor in the town of Tuxedo , prior to its merger with Winnipeg. He was also Chairman of the Greater Winnipeg Election Committee from 1968 to 1970 . The office of Lt. Governor was largely ceremonial by 1970, and McKeag had almost no practical influence over the government of Edward Schreyer . McKeag was appointed to the Order Of Canada in 1996 , and the Order Of Manitoba in 2000 .
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