Larry Bagnell
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Lawrence Bagnell Template:Post-nominals (born December 19, 1949) is a Canadian former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Yukon from 2000 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2021. He served as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Early life
Bagnell was born in Toronto.
A graduate of the University of Toronto, Bagnell holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 1999, Bagnell was recognized by the City of Whitehorse with the Volunteer of the Year Award for his long record of community service, including terms as President of the Yukon chapter of the United Way, President of Yukon Learn Society, and President of the Skookum Jim Friendship Centre.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Political career
Bagnell ran for a seat to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2000 Canadian federal election. He won the Yukon defeating incumbent Louise Hardy by 70 votes.<ref name="2004 election">Template:Cite web</ref> He was re-elected in the 2004 federal election with close to half of the votes.<ref name="2004 election"/> Under the Paul Martin government, he served as the Parliamentary Secretary to both the Minister of Natural Resources and Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
He was again re-elected in the 2006 election, increasing both his number and percentage of votes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In February 2006, a local newspaper in Whitehorse, Yukon suggested that he be a candidate in the upcoming Liberal leadership race.
In February 2006, Bagnell was named the Critic for Northern Affairs in the Shadow Cabinet of Opposition leader Bill Graham,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> a role he continued to serve throughout his years in opposition.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On August 25, 2006, he announced that he was supporting Michael Ignatieff for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.<ref>http://www.michaelignatieff.ca/en/news_info.aspx?id=260 Template:Dead link</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Bagnell ran for a fourth term in the 2008 federal election. He won a tight four-way race defeating future Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski and two other candidates.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Bagnell ran for his fifth term in the 2011 federal election but was defeated by Conservative candidate Ryan Leef, finishing second place out of four candidates in a closely contested election.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Leef had campaigned on Bagnell voting in favour of the long gun registry, which was unpopular in the constituency.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Four years later, Bagnell sought a rematch with Leef,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and defeated him decisively to regain his seat in the House of Commons.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was thereafter named as the chair of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In March 2016, Bagnell was elected as the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (SCPAR), an international committee of delegates from eight Arctic states (Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United States) and the European Parliament.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
At the 2016 Maclean's magazine Parliamentarians of the Year Awards, Bagnell was recognized by his peers with the award for Best Constituency MP.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the 2019 election, Bagnell defeated conservative challenger Jonas Smith by a margin of only 153 votes, tied for the narrowest result of any electoral district in the country with Port Moody—Coquitlam (also 153 votes).
Following the 2019 election, Bagnell was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He also served as a member of Standing Committee on National Defence.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bagnell did not run in the 2021 federal election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Electoral history
Federal
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Territorial
Template:Election box begin |- Template:Canadian party colour | NDP | Dave Sloan | align="right"| 486 | align="right"| 40.7% | align="right"| -1.6% |- Template:Canadian party colour | Liberal | Larry Bagnell | align="right"| 383 | align="right"| 32.1% | align="right"| +0.2% |- Template:CANelec |- ! align=left colspan=3|Total ! align=right| 1195 ! align=right| 100.0% ! align=right| – |}
Template:Election box begin} |- Template:Canadian party colour | NDP | Dave Sloan | align="right"| 433 | align="right"| 42.3% | align="right"| -3.3%
Template:Canadian party colour |Liberal | Larry Bagnell | align="right"| 326 | align="right"| 31.9% | align="right"| +14.8% Template:CANelec |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total ! align=right| 1023 ! align=right| 100.0% ! align=right| – Template:End
- On the resignation of Tony Penikett, 1995