LaVar Payne (born February 23, 1945) is a
Canadian
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politician who represented the
electoral district
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of
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat is a city in Southern Alberta, southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff, Alberta, ...
from
2008
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until 2015. He is a member of the
Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
.
Before politics
Payne worked as a human resources manager for Alberta Gas Chemicals, Novacor and
Methanex
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. He managed his own consulting company, Solution Source, and provided career counseling services to Right Management.
Political career
Before his election as Member of Parliament in 2008, Payne was special assistant to
Monte Solberg
Monte Kenton Solberg, (born September 17, 1958) is a Canadian businessman and politician. Solberg is a former Member of Parliament, representing the riding of Medicine Hat in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Conservative Party o ...
, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. Payne has worked and volunteered with various organizations in Medicine Hat and served as president of the board of the Medicine Hat Conservative riding association from 2000 to 2008. He was also Solberg's campaign manager during the 2004 and 2006 federal election campaigns.
Regarding greenhouse gas emissions, Payne said, "There's a ways to go yet in terms of the number of things that we need to do, but we are making some progress. That's an important aspect. Overall, we still need to work with the provinces, obviously because industries are generally under provincial regulation."
On September 21, 2012, Payne tweeted his support for
Motion 312
Motion 312 was a motion introduced to the Parliament of Canada by Stephen Woodworth, MP for Kitchener Centre, in 2012.
M-312 called for the formation of a committee "to review the declaration in Subsection 223(1) of the Criminal Code which state ...
, the controversial motion which would force Canada to reevaluate when life begins, saying, "When does an individual become Human. I am supporting the Motion."
Payne chose not to seek re-election in 2015.
References
External links
LaVar Payne*
1945 births
Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Living people
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta
People from Lethbridge
People from Medicine Hat
Canadian Roman Catholics
21st-century Canadian politicians
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