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Place of Birth: British Columbia, Canada
About JoAnne Buth
- JoAnne L.
- Buth (born May 23, 1954) is a Canadian retired politician.
- She was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Governor General David Johnston on the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper on January 6, 2012, replacing the retired Sharon Carstairs.
- She sat as a Conservative.
- She retired from the Senate on August 10, 2014 in order to become CEO of the Canadian International Grains Institute, a group that promotes Canadian field crops.She has a B.Sc.
- in biology from the University of Winnipeg and an M.Sc.
- in entomology from the University of Manitoba.Buth's background in agriculture includes stints as a research and development manager with DowElanco Canada and as an information officer for the federal agriculture department's research station in Winnipeg.
- More recently she worked in Carman, Manitoba as a manager and weed management specialist in Manitoba's provincial ministry of agriculture.
- Prior to her Senate appointment, she was president of the Canola Council of Canada, a lobby group for the canola industry.
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