Larry Bagnell

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**Lawrence Bagnell**

Riding	Yukon
Political party:	Liberal (2000-)
First elected:	2000 election
Profession(s):	Executive director

Lawrence "Larry" Bagnell, PC, MP, BA, BSc (born December 19, 1949 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian politician.

Bagnell is currently a Liberal Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Yukon since 2000 where he won a closely contested election against Louise Hardy by 70 votes. He was re-elected in the 2004 federal election with close to half of the votes. Under the Martin government, he served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources.

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

On August 25, 2006, he announced that he was supporting Michael Ignatieff for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.[1]

On January 18, 2006, Stéphane Dion, the new leader of the Liberal Party named Bagnell the Critic for Northern Affairs in his Shadow Cabinet.[2]

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Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Louise Hardy	Member of Parliament for the Yukon 2000 – present	Incumbent

Persondata
NAME	Bagnell, Larry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bagnell, Lawrence (full name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	December 19, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DATE OF DEATH	living
PLACE OF DEATH