JoAnne Buth

The Honourable
JoAnne L. Buth
Member of the Senate of Canada
In office
January 6, 2012  August 10, 2014
Appointed by Stephen Harper
Constituency Manitoba
Personal details
Born (1954-05-23) 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. 1 2 "Harper names Canola Council chief to Senate". Manitoba Co-operator. January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  2. "Buth in Senate on Jan 31". Saskatoonhomepage.ca. 23 January 2012.
  3. http://senatorbuth.ca/The_Honourable_JoAnne_Buth_retired_August_10,_2014.html
  4. http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/conservative-senator-joanne-buth-resigns-1.1851230
  5. "[brief bio]". Ottawa Citizen. January 6, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2012.


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