Joe McGuire

For persons of a similar name, see Joseph Maguire (disambiguation).

The Honourable Joseph Blair McGuire PC
Member of Parliament for Egmont
In office November 21, 1988 – October 14, 2008
Preceded by	George Henderson
Succeeded by	Gail Shea
Personal details
Born	(1944-06-20) June 20, 1944 Morell, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Mary McGuire
Residence	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Profession	Teacher, principal

Joseph Blair McGuire, PC (born June 20, 1944) is a retired Canadian politician. A native of in Morell, Prince Edward Island, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Egmont from 1988 to 2008. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, was first elected to the House of Commons in 1988 and reelected in 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004 and 2006. From 2003 to 2006, he was Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Paul Martin.

Before entering public life, McGuire worked as a teacher in Prince Edward Island and a vice-principal at an elementary school in Ontario. He was also a community development worker having been employed with the PEI Rural Development Council and the Community Employment Strategy. He later worked for then Egmont Member of Parliament George Henderson, as well as then Premier of Prince Edward Island, Joe Ghiz.

On March 7, 2007, McGuire announced he would not run in the next federal election, choosing to retire from politics. McGuire studied at Prince of Wales College for Teacher's Training and obtained a Bachelor of Arts at St. Dunstan's University. He and his wife, Mary, have two children, Moira and Matthew.

Electoral record

2006 Canadian federal election: Egmont
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	10,288	53.17	-2.28	$35,567.52
	Conservative	Edward Guergis	5,991	30.96	+1.87	$58,124.34
	New Democratic	Regena Kaye Russell	1,847	9.55	-2.03	$3,843.89
	Green	Ron Matsusaki	1,005	5.19	+1.30	$2,768.32
	Independent	Michael Nesbitt	219	1.13	–	$2,449.39
Total valid votes/expense limit			19,350	100.0		$62,678
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			119	0.61	-0.11
Turnout			19,469	71.72	+4.31
Eligible voters			27,146
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.08

2004 Canadian federal election: Egmont
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	10,220	55.44	+5.48	$35,746.29
	Conservative	Reg Harper	5,363	29.09	-14.77	$32,667.92
	New Democratic	Regena Kaye Russell	2,133	11.57	+5.39	$10,211.62
	Green	Irené Novaczek	717	3.89	–	$1,199.66
Total valid votes/expense limit			18,433	100.0		$61,338
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			134	0.72
Turnout			18,567	67.41
Eligible voters			27,545
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+10.03
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.

2000 Canadian federal election: Egmont
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	9,227	50.05	+1.63
	Progressive Conservative	John Griffin	7,116	38.60	-5.58
	New Democratic	Nancy Wallace	1,139	6.18	-1.23
	Alliance	Jeff Sullivan	952	5.16
Total valid votes			18,434	100.00

1997 Canadian federal election: Egmont
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	8,498	48.42	-9.29
	Progressive Conservative	John J. MacDonald	7,754	44.18	+6.70
	New Democratic	Adelard Pitre	1,300	7.41	+2.60
Total valid votes			17,552	100.00

1993 Canadian federal election: Egmont
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	10,547	57.71	+4.62
	Progressive Conservative	Basil Stewart	6,850	37.48	-1.92
	New Democratic	Basil Brian Dumville	880	4.81	-2.71
Total valid votes			18,277	100.00

1988 Canadian federal election: Egmont
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	10,158	53.09	+3.31
	Progressive Conservative	Prowse Chappell	7,538	39.40	-5.18
	New Democratic	Irene N. Dyment	1,438	7.52	+1.88
Total valid votes			19,134	100.00

External links

• Joe McGuire – Parliament of Canada biography