| 词条 | Charles Mayer (politician) |
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Charles James Mayer, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (born April 21, 1936) is a Canadian businessman and former federal Minister of Agriculture. He is Chairman of the Board of agricultural chemical manufacturer Agronix and is also chair of the Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation. He was educated at the University of Saskatchewan and became an agrologist and farmer. Politically active, Mayer was president of the Manitoba Beef Growers Association before entering the House of Commons of Canada as a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament in 1979. He represented the Manitoba riding of Portage—Marquette (later Lisgar—Marquette) until his defeat in 1993. He served in the Brian Mulroney government as Minister of State for the Canadian Wheat Board until 1987 and then was Minister of State for Grains and Seedoils until 1993 also serving as Minister of Western Economic Diversification from 1989. In early 1993 he was promoted to Minister of Agriculture and was retained in that position during the short-lived government of Mulroney's successor, Kim Campbell. External links
| post1 = Minister of Agriculture | post1years = 1993 | post1note = | post1preceded = cont'd from 24th Ministry | post1followed = Ralph Goodale }}{{Canadian federal ministry navigational box header |ministry=24}}{{ministry box cabinet posts | post1 = Minister of Agriculture | post1years = 1993 | post1note = | post1preceded = Bill McKnight | post1followed = cont'd into 25th Ministry }}{{s-end}}{{Campbell Ministry}}{{Mulroney Ministry}}{{CA-Ministers of Agriculture}}{{CA-Ministers of Western Economic Diversification}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayer, Charlie}}{{Manitoba-politician-stub}} 9 : 1936 births|Living people|Canadian farmers|Members of the 24th Canadian Ministry|Members of the 25th Canadian Ministry|Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba|Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada|Canadian Presbyterians|Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs |
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