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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Wayne Easter
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}}
| image               = Wayne Easter.jpg
| riding1             = [[Malpeque (electoral district)|Malpeque]]
| parliament1         = Canadian
| term_start1         = October 25, 1993
| term_end1           = September 20, 2021
| predecessor1        = [[Catherine Callbeck]]
| successor1          = [[Heath MacDonald]]
| office2             = 40th [[Solicitor General of Canada]]
| primeminister3      = [[Justin Trudeau]]
| term_start2         = October 22, 2002
| term_end2           = December 11, 2003
| predecessor2        = [[Lawrence MacAulay]]
| successor2          = [[Anne McLellan|Anne MacEllen]]
| office3             = Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance
| term_start3         = February 4, 2016
| term_end3           = August 15, 2021
| predecessor3        = [[James Rajotte]]
| successor3          = [[Peter Fonseca]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age |1949|6|22}}
| birth_place         = [[North Wiltshire, Prince Edward Island|North Wiltshire]], [[Prince Edward Island]], Canada
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]]
| spouse              = Helen Easter
| alma_mater          = [[Nova Scotia Agricultural College|Nova Scotia Agricultural<br>College]]
| residence           = [[North Wiltshire, Prince Edward Island]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/ovr2019app/51/table12E.html|title=Official Voting Results|publisher=Elections Canada|access-date=January 23, 2021|archive-date=April 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424102941/https://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/ovr2019app/51/table12E.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

'''Wayne Easter''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|LLD}} (born June 22, 1949) is a former [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician who represented the [[Electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[Malpeque (electoral district)|Malpeque]], [[Prince Edward Island]] from 1993 to 2021.

==Before politics==
Born in [[North Wiltshire, Prince Edward Island|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  from [[University of Prince Edward Island]] in 1988 for his work and contribution to agriculture and social activism on a national and international level. He was awarded the Governor General's Canada 125 Medal in 1992 for community service.<ref name="meet-wayne">{{Cite web |url=http://wayne-easter.liberal.ca/biography/ |title=Meet Wayne |access-date=2014-07-09 |website=wayne-easter.liberal.ca |publisher=[[Liberal Party of Canada]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714114651/http://wayne-easter.liberal.ca/biography/ |archive-date=2014-07-14 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1970, he married Helen Arleighn Laird.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YKfRprwXDboC&pg=PA389 |title=Canadian Who's Who 2005 |last=Lumley |first=Elizabeth |page=389 |year=2005 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-0-8020-8907-6 |access-date=2009-10-06}}</ref> Easter operated a dairy, beef and grain farm near North Wiltshire. He is a former president of the [[National Farmers Union (Canada)|National Farmers Union]].

Wayne and his wife Helen live in [[North Wiltshire, Prince Edward Island|North Wiltshire]] and have two grown children.<ref name="meet-wayne"/>

==Federal politics==
Easter served as a member of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]], representing the electoral district of [[Malpeque (electoral district)|Malpeque]] in the province of [[Prince Edward Island]] from 1993 to 2021.

Easter entered federal 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, 2015, and 2019.

He served in [[Prime Minister of Canada|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 (Canada)|Minister of Fisheries and Oceans]]  from 1997–1999, and to the [[Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (Canada)|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 [[Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (Canada)|Agriculture and Agri-Food]] and the [[Canadian Wheat Board]] from 2006–2011, [[Minister of International Trade (Canada)|International Trade]] from 2011–2013, and  [[Liberal Party Shadow Cabinet of the 41st Parliament of Canada|Liberal Party critic]] for [[Minister of Public Safety|Public Safety]] from 2013–2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/Wayne-Easter(43)/Roles|title=Roles - Hon. Wayne Easter - Current and Past - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada|access-date=2014-07-09|archive-date=2016-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305002752/http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/Wayne-Easter(43)/Roles|url-status=live}}</ref>

Easter held the position of Co-Chair for the Canada- U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Association, and also held the position of Chair for the Government of Canada Legislators Finance Committee.

==Electoral record==
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{{2008 Canadian federal election/Malpeque}}
{{2006 Canadian federal election/Malpeque}}
{{2004 Canadian federal election/Malpeque}}
{{2000 Canadian federal election/Malpeque}}
{{1997 Canadian federal election/Malpeque}}

== References ==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=843}}
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==External links==
* [http://www.wayneeaster.com/ Official site]

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[[Category:Members of the 26th Canadian Ministry]]
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