Saul Cherniack served as a captain in the Intelligence Corps of the Canadian Army in the Second World War.
A lawyer by profession, Mr. Cherniack has a history of public service dating back to 1950 when he was elected to the Winnipeg School Board. He served four years as a school trustee, followed by service as a Winnipeg Beach councillor (1958-59), City of Winnipeg alderman (1959-60) and councillor for the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (1960-62).
Mr. Cherniack was first elected to the Manitoba Legislature in 1962, was finance minister from 1969 – 1972, and again from 1973 – 1975, when he relinquished the portfolio. As minister for urban affairs he was one of the main architects of the creation of a single city embracing the metropolitan area of Greater Winnipeg. He retired from politics in 1981 when he was appointed Chairman of Manitoba Hydro.
In 1984 he was appointed to the Privy Council of Canada and from 1984-92 served on the Security Intelligence Review Committee.
Active in the Jewish community, he is a past president of the Winnipeg Jewish Welfare Fund and a past national vice-president of the Canadian Jewish Congress.
