Lyle Vanclief

The Honourable Lyle Vanclief PC

Member of the Canadian Parliament for Prince Edward—Hastings
In office November 21, 1988 – June 28, 2004
Preceded by	Jack Ellis
Succeeded by	Daryl Kramp
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
In office June 11, 1997 – December 12, 2003
Preceded by	Ralph Goodale
Succeeded by	Bob Speller
Personal details
Born	(1943-09-19) September 19, 1943 Ameliasburg, Ontario
Political party	Liberal Party of Canada
Profession	Agrologist

Lyle Vanclief, PC (born September 19, 1943) was Canada's Minister of Agriculture from 1997-2003.

Born in Ameliasburg, Ontario, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal Member of Parliament representing the rural Ontario riding of Prince Edward—Hastings in 1988. He was considered a strong supporter of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, and was removed from the Canadian Cabinet when Paul Martin succeeded Chrétien as Liberal leader and prime minister in 2003.

He did not run for re-election in the 2004 election, and today works as a lobbyist.

He supported Stéphane Dion for the leadership of the Liberal Party.^[1]

References

↑ Liberal Party of Canada

External links

Lyle Vanclief – Parliament of Canada biography

Cabinet of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien (1993–2003)

Ministers of Agriculture

Ministers of Agriculture (1867–1995)	Chapais Dunkin Pope Saint-Just Burpee (acting) Pelletier Pope Carling Angers Ouimet (acting) Montague Ferguson (acting) Montague Fisher Burrell Crerar Calder (acting) Tolmie Motherwell Stevens (acting) Tolmie Motherwell Weir Crerar (acting) Gardiner Harkness Hamilton Hays Greene Olson Whelan Wise Whelan Ferguson Wise Mazankowski McKnight Mayer Goodale

Ministers of Agriculture and Agri-Food (1995–)	Goodale Vanclief Speller Mitchell Strahl Ritz MacAulay

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