Wayne was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward
Island and was raised on the family farm in North Wiltshire.
He attended Charlottetown Rural High School and holds a diploma
from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. He was granted a certificate
from the Canadian International Grains Institute in 1973. Wayne
received an Honourary Doctorate of Law degree from UPEI 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.
 Wayne
entered politics in 1993 when he was officially elected as the
Member of Parliament for the riding of Malpeque, P.E.I. He was
re-elected in 1997, 2000, 2004 and 2006.
On the national and international fronts, Wayne
was National President and CEO of the National Farmers Union
for 11 years, he was advisor to the Trudeau administration for
the federal export agency, Conagrex, and was an advisor to the
Minister of Agriculture at the FAO Conference in Rome in 1983.
He was an invited participant under the European Community’s
Visitors Program examining Common Agricultural Policy and International
Agricultural Trade Issues in 1987 and toured New Zealand examining
the impact of Farm Policy and Free Trade Issues in 1988.
In 1990,
Wayne was an advisor and panelist for the Tri-national Exchange
on Agriculture, the environment and Free Trade Agreements with
Canada, the United States and Mexico.
In 1991, with the Ontario
Minister of Agriculture and Food, Wayne was an advisor and delegate
to GATT discussions in Geneva and Brussels. He also served as
panelist to a Congressional briefing on NAFTA in Washington in
March 1993.
In Wayne’s role as Parliamentary Secretary
to Agriculture and Rural Development, he traveled across Canada
conducting round table discussions on the farm income crisis.
This resulted in his report, “Empowering Canadian Farmers
in the Marketplace”.
Wayne and his wife Helen, a nurse,
live in North Wiltshire and have two grown children, Kimberley
and Jamie.
Wayne’s federal political experience includes:
Critic:
Parliamentary Secretary
Minister
As Solicitor General, Wayne oversaw five agencies for the national
security and public safety of Canadians – the Canadian
Security Intelligence Service, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
Correctional Services Canada, the National Parole Board and National
Firearms Registry.
Associations:
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