Wayne Easter

The Honourable Wayne Easter PC MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Malpeque
Incumbent
Assumed office October 25, 1993
Preceded by	Catherine Callbeck
Chairman of the Standing Committee on Finance
Incumbent
Assumed office February 4, 2016
Preceded by	James Rajotte
Personal details
Born	Arnold Wayne Easter June 22, 1949 North Wiltshire, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Helen Easter
Alma mater	Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Religion	United Church of Canada[1]

Arnold Wayne Easter, PC MP (born June 22, 1949), is a Canadian politician who was the elected member of parliament for the riding of Malpeque since 1993.

Before politics

Born in North Wiltshire, Prince Edward Island, the son of A. Leith Easter and Hope MacLeod, he was educated at the Charlottetown Rural High School and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Easter received an honorary doctorate of law degree from University of Prince Edward Island in 1988 for his work and contribution to agriculture and social activism on the national and international level. He was awarded the Governor General's Canada 125 Medal in 1992 for community service.^[2] In 1970, he married Helen Arleighn Laird.^[3] Easter operates a dairy, beef and grain farm near North Wiltshire. He is a former president of the National Farmers Union.

Wayne and his wife Helen live in North Wiltshire and have two grown children, Kimberley and Jamie.

Federal politics

Easter is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the electoral district of Malpeque in the province of Prince Edward Island since 1993.

Easter entered politics in 1993 when he was elected as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Malpeque, P.E.I. He was re-elected in 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, and 2015.

He served in Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Cabinet as Solicitor General of Canada from 2002-2003. He also served as Parliamentary 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.

From 2006 to 2014, Easter has served several critic roles. He was the critic for Agriculture and Agri-Food and the Canadian Wheat Board from 2006-2011, International Trade from 2011-2013, and he currently serves as the Liberal Party critic for Public Safety.^[4]

Easter currently holds the position of Vice Chair for the Canada- U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Association.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Wayne Easter	13,950	62.08	+19.68	–
	Conservative	Stephen Stewart	3,947	17.56	–21.54	–
	New Democratic	Leah-Jane Hayward	2,509	11.17	–3.46	–
	Green	Lynne Lund	2,066	9.19	+5.32	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			22,472	100.0		$169,506.34
Total rejected ballots			102	0.45	+0.01
Turnout			22,574	79.05	+1.58
Eligible voters			28,556
	Liberal hold		Swing		+20.61
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Wayne Easter	8,605	42.40	-1.79	$47,363.15
	Conservative	Tim Ogilvie	7,934	39.10	-0.18	$62.426.68
	New Democratic	Rita Jackson	2,970	14.63	+4.96	$5,426.11
	Green	Peter Bevan-Baker	785	3.87	-2.99	$1,367.33
Total valid votes/Expense limit			20,294	100.0		$69,634.73
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			90	0.44	-0.16
Turnout			20,384	77.47	+6.06
Eligible voters			26,311
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.80
Sources:[7][8]

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Wayne Easter	8,312	44.19	-6.29	$51,835.54
	Conservative	Mary Crane	7,388	39.28	+4.65	$56,705.00
	New Democratic	J'Nan Brown	1,819	9.67	-0.57	$5,225.01
	Green	Peter Bevan-Baker	1,291	6.86	+2.21	$3,626.22
Total valid votes/Expense limit			18,810	100.0		$67,177
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			113	0.60	+0.01
Turnout			18,923	71.41	-3.69
Eligible voters			26,498
	Liberal hold		Swing		-5.47

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Wayne Easter	9,779	50.48	-1.42	$51,121.23
	Conservative	George Noble	6,708	34.63	+2.13	$52,989.45
	New Democratic	George Marshall	1,983	10.24	+0.15	$3,388.31
	Green	Sharon Labchuk	901	4.65	-0.85	$2,925.11
Total valid votes/Expense limit			19,371	100.0		$62,210
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			114	0.59	-0.17
Turnout			19,485	75.10	+2.09
Eligible voters			25,945
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.78

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Wayne Easter	9,782	51.90	+3.28	$49,256.92
	Conservative	Mary Crane	6,126	32.50	-13.28	$52,127.38
	New Democratic	Ken Bingham	1,902	10.09	+5.86	$3,055.96
	Green	Sharon Labchuk	1,037	5.50	+4.15	$2,989.44
Total valid votes/Expense limit			18,847	100.0		$60,645
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			144	0.76
Turnout			18,991	73.01
Eligible voters			26,010
	Liberal hold		Swing		+8.28
Change for the Conservatives is from the combined totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Wayne Easter	8,972	48.62	+3.53
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Gorman	7,186	38.94	-2.05
	Alliance	Chris Wall	1,263	6.84	+3.53
	New Democratic	Ken Bingham	781	4.23	-6.39
	Green	Jeremy Stiles	250	1.35
Total valid votes			18,452	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.79

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Wayne Easter	7,912	45.09	-16.03
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Gorman	7,194	40.99	+9.80
	New Democratic	Andrew Wells	1,863	10.62	+6.21
	Reform	Stephen Livingstone	580	3.31
Total valid votes			17,549	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		-12.92

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Wayne Easter	10,579	61.12	+9.22
	Progressive Conservative	Garth E. Staples	5,399	31.19	-8.98
	New Democratic	Karen Fyfe	763	4.41	-3.52
	Christian Heritage	John Freddie Gunn	318	1.84
	Green	Jeremy Stiles	249	1.44
Total valid votes			17,308	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		+9.1

References

• Wayne Easter – Parliament of Canada biography

1. Lumley, Elizabeth (2005). Canadian Who's Who 2005. University of Toronto Press. p. 389. ISBN 0-8020-8907-0. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
2. http://wayne-easter.liberal.ca/biography/
3. Lumley, Elizabeth (2005). Canadian Who's Who 2005. University of Toronto Press. p. 389. ISBN 0-8020-8907-0. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
4. http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/Wayne-Easter(43)/Roles
5. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Malpeque (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
6. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
7. Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
8. Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

External links

• Official site