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Larry Maguire (born June 1, 1949) is a politician and activist farmer in Manitoba, Canada. Formerly a Progressive Conservative MLA in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on November 25, 2013. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada and sits on the House Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities and the House Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. ==Farming activist== Maguire is the owner and operator of Maguire Farms Limited in Elgin. He was named mid-Canada's Outstanding Young Farmer in 1986, and received a Certificate of Merit from the Manitoba Agricultural and Food Sciences Grads Association in 1990. He was twice elected as the Canadian Wheat Board Advisory Committee's Western Manitoba Representative, serving from 1987 to 1994.〔(Larry Maguire: Biography ), Larry Maguire, accessed 15 December 2006.〕 He was also chairman of the Agricultural Diversification Alliance (ADA) and a public governor of the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange in this period, and advocated changes to the federal Crow Equity Fund.〔"Alliance announces National Coalition", ''Canada NewsWire'', 6 November 1991, 15:40; Darren Scheuttler, "Crow debate reborn in GATT shadow", ''Financial Post'', 30 January 1992, 12; Don Campbell, "Tories enter pressure-cooker", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 22 June 1993.〕 Maguire served as president of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association from 1995 to 1999. This group opposed the Canadian Wheat Board's single-desk marketing policy, and favoured market competition in wheat and barley. Maguire campaigned for re-election as a Wheat Board advisor in 1994 on an openly anti-monopoly platform, arguing that sellers could receive higher prices through an open market. Others disagreed with his assessment.〔Bill Redekop, "Wheat board future sparks bitter battle", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 14 November 1994.〕 He was defeated by pro-monopoly candidate Bill Nicholson, 2,728 votes to 1,544.〔Bill Redekop, "Farmers' votes a solid rejection of voluntary monopoly' reforms", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 3 December 1994.〕 Maguire supported the anti-monopoly position in a 1997 CWB referendum on barley sales. Farmers rejected this position, with 67% opting to remain with single-desk marketing. Maguire was critical of the referendum question, arguing that it should have included a dual-market option.〔Mathew Ingram, "Wheat board debate far from over", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 27 March 1997.〕 In 1998, Maguire was appointed to a council evaluating proposals for the Agri-food Research and Development Initiative. This was a joint project from the federal and provincial governments.〔Paul Samyn, "Sowing seeds of industry", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 2 February 1998, A1.〕 Later in the same year, he endorsed anti-monopoly candidates in the first ever election of the Canadian Wheat Board's directors. Pro-monopoly candidates won eight of the ten positions.〔Stevens Wild, "CWB recount bolsters pro-monopoly forces", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 15 December 1998, B4.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Larry Maguire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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