JoAnne Buth
| The Honourable JoAnne L. Buth | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Senate of Canada | |
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In office January 6, 2012 – August 10, 2014 | |
| Appointed by | Stephen Harper |
| Constituency | Manitoba |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 23, 1954 British Columbia, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative |
JoAnne L. Buth (born May 23, 1954) is a former Canadian politician. She was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Stephen Harper on January 6, 2012 (replacing the retired Sharon Carstairs) and sat as a Conservative representing Manitoba.[1][2] She retired from the Senate on August 10, 2014 [3] in order to become CEO of the Canadian International Grains Institute, a group that promotes Canadian field crops.[4]
She has a B.Sc. in biology from the University of Winnipeg and an M.Sc. in entomology from the University of Manitoba.[5]
Buth's background in agriculture includes stints as a research and development manager with DowElanco Canada and as an information officer for the federal agriculture department's research station in Winnipeg. More recently she worked in Carman, Manitoba as a manager and weed management specialist in Manitoba's provincial ministry of agriculture. Prior to her Senate appointment, she was president of the Canola Council of Canada, a lobby group for the canola industry.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Harper names Canola Council chief to Senate". Manitoba Co-operator. January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Buth in Senate on Jan 31". Saskatoonhomepage.ca. 23 January 2012.
- ↑ http://senatorbuth.ca/The_Honourable_JoAnne_Buth_retired_August_10,_2014.html
- ↑ http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/conservative-senator-joanne-buth-resigns-1.1851230
- ↑ "[brief bio]". Ottawa Citizen. January 6, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2012.