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{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1946)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name             = Lawrence MacAulay
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}}
| image            = Lawrence McAulay 01-14-2016.jpg
| caption          = MacAulay in 2016
| office           = [[Minister of Agriculture (Canada)|Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food]]
| term_start       = July 26, 2023
| term_end         = March 14, 2025
| primeminister    = [[Justin Trudeau]]
| predecessor      = [[Marie-Claude Bibeau]]
| successor        = [[Kody Blois]]
| term_start1      = November 4, 2015
| term_end1        = March 1, 2019
| primeminister1   = [[Justin Trudeau]]
| predecessor1     = [[Gerry Ritz]]
| successor1       = [[Marie-Claude Bibeau]]
| office2          = [[Minister of Veterans Affairs (Canada)|Minister of Veterans Affairs]] <br /> [[Associate Minister of National Defence]]
| term_start2      = March 1, 2019
| term_end2        = July 26, 2023
| primeminister2   = [[Justin Trudeau]]
| predecessor2     = [[Jody Wilson-Raybould]]
| successor2       = [[Ginette Petitpas Taylor]]
| office4          = [[Solicitor General of Canada]]
| term_start4      = November 23, 1998
| term_end4        = October 22, 2002
| primeminister4   = [[Jean Chrétien]]
| predecessor4     = [[Andy Scott (politician)|Andy Scott]]
| successor4       = [[Wayne Easter]]
| office5          = [[Minister of Labour (Canada)|Minister of Labour]]
| term_start5      = June 11, 1997
| term_end5        = November 23, 1998
| primeminister5   = [[Jean Chrétien]]
| predecessor5     = [[Alfonso Gagliano]]
| successor5       = [[Claudette Bradshaw]]
| riding6          = [[Cardigan (electoral district)|Cardigan]]
| parliament6      = Canadian
| term_start6      = November 21, 1988
| term_end6        = April 28, 2025
| predecessor6     = [[Pat Binns]]
| successor6     = [[Kent MacDonald]]
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1946|9|9}}
| birth_place      = [[St. Peters Bay]], [[Prince Edward Island]], Canada
| profession       = {{hlist|Politician|farmer}}
| party            = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| residence        = St. Peters Bay
}}

'''Lawrence A. MacAulay''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (born September 9, 1946) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician, who represented the [[Electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[Cardigan (electoral district)|Cardigan]], [[Prince Edward Island]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] from 1988 until 2025.

On June 11, 1997, he joined the cabinet of [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Jean Chrétien]] as Minister of Labour and Minister responsible for Prince Edward Island. In 1998, he was appointed Solicitor General of Canada and served in that role until his resignation from Cabinet on October 21, 2002, during a [[conflict of interest]] inquiry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=11677|title=Profile}}</ref> MacAuley served as a Liberal [[backbench]] member of Parliament (MP) through the rest of the Liberal years in power and as an opposition member during the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] government led by [[Stephen Harper]] (2006–2015). He is the former Secretary of State (Veterans) and Secretary of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency).<ref name="MacAulay record" /> He was also the Official Opposition Critic for Seniors.

On March 20, 2014, MacAulay became the longest-serving MP in the history of Prince Edward Island, surpassing the record previously set by [[Angus MacLean]].<ref name="MacAulay record">{{cite web | url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/cardigan-mp-lawrence-macaulay-breaks-political-record-96426/ | title=Cardigan MP Lawrence MacAulay breaks political record | publisher=The Charlottetown Guardian | date=March 20, 2014 | access-date=November 29, 2017 | author=Sharratt, Steve}}</ref>

On November 4, 2015, he was appointed the [[Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food]] by the new prime minister [[Justin Trudeau]].<ref name="CbCTrudeauCabinet2015-11-04"/> On March 1, 2019, Trudeau shuffled his cabinet, appointing MacAulay as Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence. On July 26, 2023, Trudeau shuffled his cabinet, appointing MacAulay as Minister of Agriculture for the second time.<ref>{{cite web|title='Trudeau overhauls his cabinet, drops 7 ministers and shuffles most portfolios |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cabinet-shuffle-trudeau-1.6916367/ |website=cbc.ca |date=2023-07-26}}</ref>

On March 1, 2025, MacAulay announced he wouldn't be seeking re-election in [[2025 Canadian federal election|2025]] for Cardigan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McKenna |first=Kate |date=March 1, 2025 |title=After 11 election wins, Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay is retiring |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-politics-lawrence-macaulay-pei-mp-retiring-1.7471358 |website=[[CBC News]]}}</ref>

MacAulay lives in Midgell, [[Prince Edward Island]] with his wife, Frances.

==Controversy==

In December 2022, MacAulay was confronted in parliament by other MPs on multiple reports of Veterans Affairs Canada offering [[Euthanasia in Canada|medical assistance in dying]] (MAID) to veterans seeking medical care. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described the incidents as "absolutely unacceptable".<ref>{{cite web|title='Doesn't line up': MPs challenge minister over instances of MAID offered to veterans |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/doesn-t-line-up-mps-challenge-minister-over-instances-of-maid-offered-to-veterans-1.6181630/ |website=ctvnews.ca |date=2022-12-05}}</ref>

==Electoral record==
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==References==
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<ref name=CbCTrudeauCabinet2015-11-04>
{{cite news
| url         = http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/full-list-of-justin-trudeau-s-cabinet-1.3300699
| title       = Full list of Justin Trudeau's cabinet 31-member cabinet includes 15 women, attempt at regional balance
| publisher   = [[CBC News]]
| date        = 2015-11-04
}}
</ref>
}}

==External links==
*[http://www.lawrencemacaulay.ca/ Official site]
*[https://pm.gc.ca/en/cabinet/honourable-lawrence-macaulay Bio & Mandate from Prime Minister]
*{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=11677}}

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| post3         = [[Minister of Agriculture (Canada)|Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food]]
| post3years    = 2023–2025
| post3followed = [[Kody Blois]]<br><small>{{nobold|([[Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development]])}}</small>
| post2preceded = [[Jody Wilson-Raybould]]
| post2         = [[Minister of Veterans Affairs (Canada)|Minister of Veterans Affairs]]
| post2years    = 2019–2023
| post2followed = [[Ginette Petitpas Taylor]]
| post1preceded = [[Gerry Ritz]]
| post1         = [[Minister of Agriculture (Canada)|Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food]]
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| post2         = [[Solicitor General of Canada]]
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| post2followed = [[Wayne Easter]]

| post1preceded = [[Alfonso Gagliano]]
| post1         = [[Minister of Labour (Canada)|Minister of Labour]]
| post1years    = 1997–1998
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| post1followed = [[Claudette Bradshaw]]
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| post2         = Secretary of State (Veterans) ([[Minister for the purposes of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Act|Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency]])
| post2years    = 1996–1997
| post2note     = 
| post2followed = [[Fred Mifflin]] as Minister of State for Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and [[Minister of Veterans Affairs (Canada)|Minister of Veterans Affairs]]
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| post1         = Secretary of State (Veterans)
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