Al Golden Obituary, Former Winnipeg city councillor Al Golden dies at 76

Al Golden Obituary, Death – Al Golden, a former member of the Winnipeg city council who was well-known there from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, passed away on Sunday at the age of 76, according to his family. Golden represented St. Vital on the council from 1988 to 2000. During that period, he campaigned for mayor three times but was defeated by Bill Norrie in 1980, Glen Murray in 2002, and his longtime political ally Sam Katz in 2004.

According to an interview with his son Michael Golden, he also founded or ran six businesses in Winnipeg, including the St. Vital Hotel and Transcona Country Club, as well as the volunteer Golden Retriever Seniors Transportation Service bus and the Old Market Square revitalization project that began in 1978.

The father, according to Golden, “liked Winnipeg.” “He fought every day to do everything he could to move the city forward and help it. He really cared about making the city of Winnipeg a better place.”

Golden was born in 1946 and raised in the neighborhood of Brooklands northwest of Winnipeg. Early in his life, according to Michael Golden, he worked a number of occupations, including rag collection from back alleys, newspaper delivery, straightening nails on construction sites, mixing plaster, and insurance sales.

Al Golden, whose own father passed away when he was five, became friends with Stephen Juba, a former mayor of Winnipeg, after his paper route extended to the city hall.

“Stephen Juba was like the adopted father of my father. He served as his mentor in life and spent his entire life hanging out with Mayor Juba, according to Michael Golden. Al Golden took great satisfaction in his work as a municipal councilor, establishing recycling programs, and building The Forks, the Windsor Community Center, and Shaw Park in preparation for the Pan Am Games in 1999. Brian Mayes, a current member of the St. Vital city council, also gives Golden credit for avoiding the closure of the city’s outdoor pool.

Mayes affirmed, “He’s the one who salvaged that place and retained it as an outdoor pool. Although there were disputes, he undoubtedly accomplished some significant tasks for the city hall. Golden attempted to run for office again in a by-election that was conducted that fall, but Gord Steeves, a lawyer, defeated him. Steeves went on to represent St. Vital’s on the city council for the following 11 years.

Steeves remarked, “He was a powerhouse. “Once I walked a mile in Al’s shoes, I gained a great deal of empathy and respect for him. “I am aware that he served the residents of St. Vital well as a council member.” After that, Golden ran in the 2002 general election to unseat Mayor Murray but came in second. In the competitive contest to succeed Murray two years later, Golden came in third place to Katz.

In 2011, the federal government asserted that Golden had neglected to pay $1.9 million in taxes, which put him in more tax difficulties. Golden had a series of health issues before passing away naturally, according to Michael Golden. Four grandchildren, his wife Sharan, his sons Michael and Brock, two sisters, and a brother survive Al Golden. His family has decided to hold a private funeral service for him on December 2, followed by a public memorial service at the Fort Garry Hotel on December 3 at 11 a.m.

CBC Manitoba welcomed Bartley Kives in 2016. Prior to that, he wrote about politics, music, food, and outdoor activities for the Winnipeg Sun for three years and the Winnipeg Free Press for 18 years. He is the co-author of Stuck in the Middle: Dissenting Views of Winnipeg and Stuck In The Middle 2: Defining Views of Manitoba, as well as the author of the Canadian best-seller A Daytripper’s Guide to Manitoba: Exploring Canada’s Undiscovered Province.

Al Golden Obituary, Death – Al Golden, a former member of the Winnipeg city council who was well-known there from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, passed away on Sunday at the age of 76, according to his family. Golden represented St. Vital on the council from 1988 to 2000. During that period, he…