Leon Benoit

Infobox CanadianMP
name=Leon Earl Benoit


term_start=1993
term_end=
predecessor= Don Mazankowski
birth_date= birth date and age |1950|07|07
birth_place= Lloydminster, Alberta
successor=
death_date=
death_place=
profession= farmer, economist
party=Conservative
party colour=Conservative
residence=Mannville, Alberta
riding=Vegreville-Wainwright
footnotes=
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spouse=Linda Benoit
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Leon Earl Benoit (born July 7, 1950, Lloydminster, Alberta) is a Canadian politician.

Benoit is currently a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Vegreville—Wainwright since 2004, Lakeland from 1997 to 2004 and Vegreville from 1993 to 1997. He has also been a member of the Canadian Alliance (2000-2003) and the Reform Party of Canada (1993-2000). Benoit is a former economist and farmer. Benoit is the former official opposition critic of Public Works and Government Services and of the Canadian Wheat Board, Intergovernmental Affairs, Citizenship and Immigration, and National Defence.

Benoit is the current chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade. On May 10, 2007 Benoit came under scrutiny when he adjourned the committee after the opposition overruled him. His move was "unprecedented". After he abruptly adjourned the committee, the Vice-Chair took over and the meeting resumed after he and three of the four other Conservative members had left. [http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=c6291848-5f41-4b72-831a-2e889cd6bb9e]

The meeting had to do with North American Energy Security. Gordon Laxer presented a talk in which he questioned why Canada's oil exports were being used to guarantee US energy security, as opposed to Canada using its energy resources to provide for the security of Canadians first, and then others. Benoit felt Laxer had not been on topic. [http://www.ualberta.ca/~parkland/research/perspectives/LaxerSPPEvidence07.htm] [http://cmte.parl.gc.ca/Content/HOC/committee/391/ciit/evidence/ev2934562/ciitev62-e.htm#Int-2073825]

External links

* [http://www.leonbenoit.ca/ Official site]
* [http://parl.howdtheyvote.ca/39-1/members/25 How'd They Vote?: Leon Benoit's voting history and quotes]
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=9fe262f2-84db-4d3f-aa4e-99d4228a1911&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Parliament Webpage]

Persondata
NAME=Benoit, Leon Earl
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH=July 7, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH=Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada
DATE OF DEATH=living
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