Editing Rod Bruinooge (section)

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rod E. Bruinooge
| image = Rod Bruinooge.jpg
| caption = Rod Bruinooge 2016
| term_start = January 23, 2006
| term_end = October 19, 2015
| predecessor = [[Reg Alcock]]
| successor = [[Terry Duguid]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|05|06}}
| birth_place = [[Thompson, Manitoba]], Canada
| death_date =
| death_place =
| profession = Entrepreneur, CEO, executive director, film producer
| party = [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]]
| residence = [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]]
| riding = [[Winnipeg South]]
| footnotes =
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| term_end2 =
| spouse = Chantale Bruinooge
| successor2 =
}}
'''Rod E. Bruinooge''' (born May 6, 1973) is an Indigenous [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician, businessman, and filmmaker.  He was elected as the [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Winnipeg South]] in the [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006 federal election]], and was the [[Parliamentary Secretary]] to the [[Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development|Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development]] and the [[Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians]] from 2006 until the fall of 2008.

Bruinooge is a member of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]], and is an Indigenous Canadian of [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] descent. He retired from parliament at the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 federal election]]. Bruinooge became CEO of Eventride in May 2016.  Bruinooge was later appointed the first Indigenous Film Commissioner for Manitoba in 2021.  Later, Bruinooge was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the Manitoba Research Network in 2024.