- Wayne Easter
Infobox CanadianMP
honorific-prefix =The Honourable
name = Arnold Wayne Easter
honorific-suffix =
PC, MP
riding = Malpeque
parliament = Canadian
term_start = 1993 federal election
term_end =
predecessor =Catherine Callbeck
successor =
birth_date = birth date and age |1949|06|22
birth_place = North Wiltshire, Prince Edward Island
death_date =
death_place =
spouse = Hellen Easter
party = Liberal
residence = North Wiltshire, Prince Edward Island
profession = farmer
religion =United Church of Canada
footnotes =Arnold Wayne Easter, PC, MP (born
June 22 ,1949 in North Wiltshire,Prince Edward Island ) is a Canadian politician.Easter is a member of the
Liberal Party of Canada in theCanadian House of Commons , representing the electoral district of Malpeque in the province ofPrince Edward Island since 1993.Easter is a farmer and a former president of the National Farmers Union.
He served in Prime Minister
Jean Chrétien 's Cabinet asSolicitor General of Canada from 2002-2003. He also served asParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans from 1997-1999, and to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, with a special emphasis on rural development from 2004-2006.He currently serves in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet as the critic for Agriculture and Agri-Food and the
Canadian Wheat Board .External links
* [http://www.wayneeaster.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=93&s=M Federal Political Biography from the Library of Parliament]
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