Larry Bagnell

Lawrence Bagnell PC MP (born December 19, 1949) is a Canadian politician representing the federal riding of Yukon. He has served as a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada since 2015, and previously from 2000 to 2011.

The Honourable Larry Bagnell PC MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Yukon
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Ryan Leef
In office November 27, 2000 – May 2, 2011
Preceded by	Louise Hardy
Succeeded by	Ryan Leef
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages(Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency)
Incumbent
Assumed office December 12, 2019
Minister	Mélanie Joly
Chairman of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs
In office December 8, 2015 – September, 2019
Preceded by	Joe Preston
Succeeded by	Ruby Sahota
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources
In office July 20, 2004 – February 5, 2006
Minister	John Efford (July 20, 2004 -September 25, 2005), John McCallum (September 26, 2005 to February 3, 2006)
Preceded by	Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Succeeded by	Christian Paradis
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development with special emphasis on Northern Economic Development
In office December 12, 2003 – July 19, 2004
Minister	Andy Mitchell
Preceded by	Chalres Hubbard
Succeeded by	Sue Barnes
Personal details
Born	December 19, 1949 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Children	2
Residence	Whitehorse, Yukon
Profession	Executive director

Early life

Bagnell was born in Toronto, Ontario.

A graduate of the University of Toronto, Bagnell holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science.[1]

In 1999, Bagnell was recognized by the City of Whitehorse with the Volunteer of the Year Award for his long record of community service, including terms as President of the Yukon chapter of the United Way, President of Yukon Learn Society, and President of the Skookum Jim Friendship Centre.[2]

Political career

Bagnell ran for a seat to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2000 Canadian federal election. He won the Yukon defeating incumbent Louise Hardy by 70 votes.[3] He was re-elected in the 2004 federal election with close to half of the votes.[3] Under the Paul Martin government, he served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the both the Minister of Natural Resources and Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

He was again re-elected in the 2006 election, increasing both his number and percentage of votes.[4] In February 2006, a local newspaper in Whitehorse, Yukon suggested that he be a candidate in the upcoming Liberal leadership race.

In February 2006, Bagnell was named the Critic for Northern Affairs in the Shadow Cabinet of Opposition leader Bill Graham,[5] a role he continued to serve throughout his years in opposition.[6]

On August 25, 2006, he announced that he was supporting Michael Ignatieff for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.[7][8]

Bagnell ran for a fourth term in the 2008 Canadian federal election. He won a tight four-way race defeating future Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski and two other candidates.[9]

Bagnell ran for his fifth term in the 2011 Canadian federal election but was defeated by Conservative candidate Ryan Leef, finishing second place out of four candidates in a closely contested election.[10] Leef had campaigned on Bagnell voting in favour of the long gun registry, which was unpopular in the constituency.[11][12]

Four years later, Bagnell sought a rematch with Leef,[13] and defeated him decisively to regain his seat in the House of Commons.[14] He was thereafter named as the chair of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.[15]

In March 2016, Bagnell was elected as the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (SCPAR), an international committee of delegates from eight Arctic states (Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United States) and the European Parliament.[16]

At the 2016 Maclean's magazine Parliamentarians of the Year Awards, Bagnell was recognized by his peers with the award for Best Constituency MP.[17]

In the 2019 election, Bagnell defeated conservative challenger Jonas Smith by a margin of only 153 votes, tied for the narrowest result of any electoral district in the country with Port Moody—Coquitlam (also 153 votes).

Following the 2019 election, Bagnell was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency).[18] He also serves as a member of Standing Committee on National Defence.[19]

Electoral history

Federal

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	7,034	33.5	-20.25
	Conservative	Jonas Jacot Smith	6,881	32.7	+8.81
	New Democratic	Justin Lemphers	4,617	22.0	+2.37
	Green	Lenore Morris	2,201	10.5	+7.67
	People's	Joseph Zelezny	284	1.4	-
Total valid votes/Expense limit			21,017	100.0
Total rejected ballots			133
Turnout			21,150	73.2
Eligible voters			28,897
	Liberal hold		Swing		-14.53
Source: Elections Canada[20][21]

2015 Canadian federal election: Yukon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	10,887	53.65	+20.70	–
	Conservative	Ryan Leef	4,928	24.29	-9.48	–
	New Democratic	Melissa Atkinson	3,943	19.43	+5.06	–
	Green	Frank de Jong	533	2.63	-16.28	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			20,291	100.0		$210,779.30
Total rejected ballots			94	–	–
Turnout			20,385	–	–
Eligible voters			26,283
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+10.92
Source: Elections Canada[22][23]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ryan Leef	5,422	33.77	+1.11	$78,970
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	5,290	32.95	-12.85	$79,778
	Green	John Streicker	3,037	18.91	+6.08	$42,746
	New Democratic	Kevin Barr	2,308	14.37	+5.67	$28,631
Total valid votes/Expense limit			16,057	100.0		$85,898
Total rejected ballots			67	0.42
Turnout			16,124	68.11
Eligible voters			23,673
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.98

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	6,715	45.80	-3.26	$56,745
	Conservative	Darrell Pasloski	4,788	32.66	+9.12	$68,782
	Green	John Streicker	1,881	12.83	+9.00	$14,609
	New Democratic	Ken Bolton	1,276	8.70	-14.85	$13,004
Total valid votes/Expense limit			14,660	100.0		$82,727
	Liberal hold		Swing		-6.19

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	6,847	48.52	+2.84	$42,606
	New Democratic	Pam Boyde	3,366	23.85	-1.82	$35,493
	Conservative	Susan Greetham	3,341	23.67	+2.78	$17,992
	Green	Philippe LeBlond	559	3.96	-0.59	$20
Total valid votes/Expense limit			14,113	100.0		$76,176
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.33

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	5,724	45.68	+13.21	$43,323
	New Democratic	Pam Boyde	3,216	25.67	-6.27	$42,221
	Conservative	James Hartle	2,618	20.89	-14.27	$19,750
	Green	Philippe LeBlond	571	4.55	–	$1,463
	Marijuana	Sean Davey	299	2.38	–
	Christian Heritage	Geoffrey Capp	100	0.79	+0.39
Total valid votes			12,528	100.0
Total rejected ballots			50	0.40
Turnout			12,578	61.82
	Liberal hold		Swing		+9.74
Conservative change is from the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative votes.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	4,293	32.47	+10.52	$48,252
	New Democratic	Louise Hardy	4,223	31.94	+3.01	$65,576
	Alliance	Jim Kenyon	3,659	27.67	+2.42	$31,121
	Progressive Conservative	Don Cox	991	7.49	-6.45	$6,316
	No Affiliation	Geoffrey Capp	53	0.40	-0.58	$1,044
Total valid votes			13,219	100.0
Total rejected ballots			53	0.40
Turnout			13,272	63.50
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+3.76
Geoffrey Capp was a Christian Heritage candidate, but the party lacked registered status. Canadian Alliance change is based on the former Reform Party.

Territorial

1996 Yukon general election: Whitehorse West[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Dave Sloan	486	40.7%	-1.6%
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	383	32.1%	+0.2%
	Yukon Party	Ken McKinnon	323	27.0%	+2.3%
Total			1195	100.0%	–

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1996 By-election: Whitehorse West[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Dave Sloan	433	42.3%	-3.3%
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	326	31.9%	+14.8%
	Yukon Party	Shelda Hutton	253	24.7%	-10.1%
Total			1023	100.0%	–

• On the resignation of Tony Penikett, 1995

References

1. https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/205/300/liberal-ef/05-05-24/[email protected]/bio_e.aspx@&id=60001
2. https://pm.gc.ca/en/parliamentary-secretaries/larry-bagnell#:~:text=In%201999%2C%20he%20was%20recognized,the%20Skookum%20Jim%20Friendship%20Centre
3. "Bagnell: There's no greater honour'". Whitehorse Daily Star. June 29, 2004. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
4. "Bagnell triumphs over party politics". Yukon News. January 26, 2006. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
5. "Bagnell becomes Northern Affairs critic". Whitehorse Daily Star. February 23, 2006. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
6. "Yukon ex-MP Bagnell prepares to leave Ottawa". CBC News. May 12, 2011. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
7. http://www.michaelignatieff.ca/en/news_info.aspx?id=260%5B%5D
8. "Ignatieff wins MP's stamp of approval". Whitehorse Daily Star. August 28, 2006. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
9. "Bagnell racks up fourth straight win". Whitehorse Daily Star. October 15, 2008. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
10. "Conservatives win Nunavut, Yukon". CBC News. May 2, 2011. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
11. "Conservative takes aim at incumbent in Yukon". National Post. April 13, 2011. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
12. "Ryan Leef says Larry Bagnell can't be trusted on long-gun registry". CBC News. September 22, 2015. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
13. "Former MP Larry Bagnell wins Liberal nomination in Yukon". CBC News. October 5, 2014. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
14. "Liberal Larry Bagnell wins Yukon federal election". CBC News. October 20, 2015. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
15. "House affairs committee elects Larry Bagnell chair as MPs set to work". CBC News. December 9, 2015. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
16. https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/IIA/visit-report/9833005/page-9
17. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/larry-bagnell-macleans-award-constituency-mp-macleans-1.3854506
18. https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2019/12/12/prime-minister-welcomes-new-parliamentary-secretaries
19. https://www.ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/nddn
20. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
21. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
22. "Yukon - October 19, 2015 Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
23. Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
24. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1996 General Election Elections Yukon, 1996. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
25. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on By-elections Held February 5, 1996 Elections Yukon, 1996. Retrieved January 22, 2017.

External links

• Official site
• Larry Bagnell – Parliament of Canada biography