hospitals in favour of more centralized E.R. services. A further cabinet shuffle on January 6, 1997 made McCrae Minister of Environment and Government House Leader, with responsibility for the Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act. As Environment Minister, McCrae was criticized by the Sierra Club for refusing to bring in plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In the final cabinet shuffle of Filmon's government on February 5, 1999, he was named Minister of Education and Training. Filmon's Conservatives were defeated by the New Democratic Party under Gary Doer in the 1999 provincial election. Notwithstanding his long service in government, McCrae lost Brandon West by 352 votes to Scott Smith of the NDP. After provincial politics After leaving the assembly, McCrae became a real estate agent. He ran for Mayor of Brandon in 2002, but lost to Dave Burgess. His campaign was hindered by local opposition to some of the decisions he had made while in government. He did not seek re-election to the provincial legislature in 2003. He was re-elected to Brandon City Council in October 2006 after a 20-year hiatus. He also wrote a book in 2006, Dancing Winds, a romance set during the second World War at a concentration camp. McCrae was acclaimed to city council in 2010. In April 2013, McCrae resigned from Brandon City Council. In May, he was named a part-time Citizenship Judge for Winnipeg. References 1948 births Canadian people of Scottish descent Living people Brandon, Manitoba city councillors Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba Politicians from Vancouver Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs Canadian citizenship judges