Lorne Everett Greenaway (8 May 1933 – 13 September 2010) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a rancher and veterinarian by career. Greenaway was born in

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in 1933. In 1952, he graduated from

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, where he graduated at the top of his class and served as class president. Greenway went on to establish a small and large animal practice in Kamloops that served many of the farms in the area. In 1968, he served as an associate professor at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in

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for one year before returning to

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. Upon his return, he delved into ranching in the Kelowna and Williams Lake areas. In 1974, he and his family moved to Southlands in

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where he established a small veterinary practice in Steveston. Greenaway's initial attempt to enter federal politics was unsuccessful, as he was defeated in the

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electoral district in the 1974 federal election. Greenaway was successful at the

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electoral district in the 1979 election and won re-election there in the 1980 and

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elections. After serving in the 31st,

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and 33rd Canadian Parliaments, he left federal politics in 1988 and did not campaign for another term of office. After leaving elected office, Greenaway continued to serve in the public sector as a Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Fisheries and as the Chair of the British Columbia Land Commission. He later represented the federal government as one of the first Commissioners on the

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. On 13 September 2010, Greenaway died in

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after a long battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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* 1933 births 2010 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia Deaths from motor neuron disease Neurological disease deaths in British Columbia {{BritishColumbia-politician-stub