Charles James Mayer (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. April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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 Canadian House of Commons 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. The word agrology is derived from the Greek words agros meaning land, or farm, and logy meaning word, or wisdom. ... The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ... The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) (In French: Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) was a Canadian centre-right conservative political party that existed from 1867 to 2003. ... Portage—Marquette was a former federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Manitoba. ... Lisgar—Marquette was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997. ...
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. Martin Brian Mulroney, PC, CC, GOQ, LLD (born March 20, 1939), was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. ... The Canadian Wheat Board (known at times as the Canada Wheat Board or by the acronym CWB) was established by the Parliament of Canada in 1935 as a producer marketing system for wheat and barley. ... In the Cabinet of Canada, The Minister of Agriculture is responsible for overseeing the federal governments agriculture department, currently known as Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. ... Avril Phaedra Douglas Campbell, PC, QC, LL.B, LL.D (h. ...
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Biography
Federal Political Biography from the Library of Parliament
Mayer was elected to the House of Commons in 1979, representing Portage-Marquette.
Mayer's path to becoming minister of agriculture led him through a variety of junior cabinet positions, all of which dealt with agricultural policy in some way.
Mayer described the goal of the GATT negotiations as ensuring farmers "competed on quality and price, not on the size of their government's treasuries".
Raymond C. Mayer III appealed from a judgment of conviction and a jury verdict finding him guilty of delivery of approximately four ounces of a controlled substance (marijuana) and possession with intent to deliver approximately 1,200 pounds of a controlled substance (marijuana).
Mayer asserts that prosecution of the remaining offenses was barred by §§ 19-03.1-28 and 29-03-13, N.D.C.C., because of his previous Florida conspiracy conviction, and that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the substantive counts charged.
Mayer indicated at trial that he did not originally intend to transact any business in North Dakota and expected to complete his part of the transaction in Washington, D.C., but was induced to complete the transaction in North Dakota by North Dakota law enforcement officers.
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