Famous People with Name Elgie

Michael Kelsey 'Kim' Elgie            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Michael Kelsey 'Kim' Elgie: is a former South African cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1961 to 1962. He was also Rugby union footballer and played for Scotland eight times as a centre while he was studying at the University of St Andrews in the 1950s.

Robert Goldwin (Bob) Elgie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Goldwin (Bob) Elgie: is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1985, and was a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller. His father, Goldwin Elgie, was also a Conservative Ontario MPP in the 1930s and 1940s. He has chaired the Ontario Press Council since 2006.Elgie was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1977 provincial election, winning an easy victory in the Toronto-area seat of York East. After a brief period in the government backbenches, he was appointed to Bill Davis's cabinet on August 18, 1978 as Minister of Labour. A Red Tory by ideology, Elgie was easily the most left-wing figure in the Davis cabinet. He was supported by the province's unions, and passed amendments to Ontario's Human Rights Code which were favourable to labour interests. Some campus Progressive Conservative groups opposed his efforts to grant human rights officers the right to investigate and arbitrate reports of workplace discrimination.