:Mark Eyking
{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1960)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Mark Eyking.jpg
| caption = Mark Eyking in 2017
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Mark Eyking
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age | 1960|08|30}}
| birth_place = Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
| death_date =
| death_place =
| residence = Millville, Nova Scotia, Canada
| office1 = Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Trade
| term_start1 = February 4, 2016
| term_end1 = September 11, 2019
| predecessor1 = Randy Hoback
| successor1 = Judy Sgro
| parliament2 = Canadian
| riding2 = Sydney—Victoria
| term_start2 = November 27, 2000
| term_end2 = September 11, 2019
| predecessor2 = Peter Mancini
| successor2 = Jaime Battiste
| spouse = Pam Eyking
| profession = Businessman, Farmer
| party = Liberal
| religion =
}}
Mark Eyking {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (born August 30, 1960) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Sydney—Victoria from 2000 to 2019 as a member of the Liberal Party.
Early life and education
Eyking was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia. His parents, born in Beverwijk (father) and Moergestel (mother), emigrated from the Netherlands to Canada in 1952. Not being able to travel to their city of preference Vancouver due to a lack of funds, they chose to start a business in olericulture in Sydney, where Eyking was born eight years later. Eyking was educated at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, where he obtained his Agriculture Business Diploma.{{cite web|url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/elections/fed2008/candidates/generated/12010_LIB.html|title=Election 2008 candidate profile|work=The Globe and Mail|accessdate=2015-12-11}} Now a resident of Millville, Nova Scotia, Eyking is a farmer by career.{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2000/10/30+160.raw+FE00Oct30+2 |title=Grits give Eyking nod in Sydney-Victoria |work=The Chronicle Herald |date=October 30, 2000 |accessdate=2015-12-11 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124033146/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2000%2F10%2F30%2B160.raw%2BFE00Oct30%2B2 |archivedate=January 24, 2005 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=Barry|url=http://www.producer.com/2001/04/maritime-farmer-sows-seeds-of-new-career/|title=Maritime farmer sows seeds of new career|work=The Western Producer|date=April 5, 2001|accessdate=2015-12-11}}
Political career
On October 29, 2000, Eyking won the Liberal nomination in the Sydney—Victoria riding for the 2000 federal election. On November 27, 2000, he defeated New Democrat incumbent Peter Mancini by over 5,000 votes to win a seat in the House of Commons.{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2000/11/28+247.raw+FE00Nov28+2 |title=NDP's Mancini loses to Liberal farmer Eyking |work=The Chronicle Herald |date=November 28, 2000 |accessdate=2015-12-11 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124092623/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2000%2F11%2F28%2B247.raw%2BFE00Nov28%2B2 |archivedate=January 24, 2005 |url-status=dead }} Eyking was re-elected in the 2004,{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2004/06/29+244.raw+FE04Jun29+2 |title=Farmer Eyking on his way back to Ottawa |work=The Chronicle Herald |date=June 29, 2004 |accessdate=2015-12-11 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050920212101/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2004%2F06%2F29%2B244.raw%2BFE04Jun29%2B2 |archivedate=September 20, 2005 |url-status=dead }} 2006,{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes2006/riding/021/|title=Canada Votes 2006: Sydney-Victoria|publisher=CBC News|date=June 23, 2006|accessdate=2015-12-11}} 2008, 2011,{{cite web|url=http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2011-05-02/article-2472248/Eyking-wins-SydneyVictoria-seat-in-close-race-against-Clarke/1|title=Eyking wins Sydney-Victoria seat in close race against Clarke|work=Cape Breton Post|date=May 2, 2011|accessdate=2015-12-11|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130118181757/http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2011-05-02/article-2472248/Eyking-wins-SydneyVictoria-seat-in-close-race-against-Clarke/1|archivedate=January 18, 2013}} and 2015 federal elections.{{cite web|url=http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Election-2015/2015-10-19/article-4314859/Eyking-wins-big-in-Sydney-Victoria/1|title=Eyking wins big in Sydney-Victoria|work=Cape Breton Post|date=October 19, 2015|accessdate=2015-12-11}} In Paul Martin's government, he served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food with special emphasis on Agri-Food (2003–2004) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade with special emphasis on Emerging Markets (2004–2006).{{cite web|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/compilations/federalgovernment/ParliamentarySecretary.aspx?Ministry=85e213ac-ada6-41ec-9adf-5770bedde5bf|title=Parliamentary Secretaries – 27th Ministry|publisher=Parliament of Canada|accessdate=2015-12-11}}
He served as the chair of the Standing Committee on International Trade during the 42nd Canadian Parliament. Eyking announced on February 13, 2019 that he wouldn't run for re-election in 2019.{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Wendy|date=February 13, 2019|title='It's been a wonderful run': Long-time Cape Breton MP Mark Eyking won't reoffer|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sydney-victoria-mp-mark-eyking-won-t-reoffer-in-2019-fall-election-1.5016477|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=CBC News}}
Personal life
His wife Pam represented the riding of Victoria-The Lakes as a Liberal MLA in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2013 to 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.capebretonpost.com/Elections/2013-10-08/article-3421966/Eyking-takes-Victoria-The-Lakes-from-incumbent/1|title=Eyking Takes Victoria-The Lakes from incumbent|work=Cape Breton Post|date=October 8, 2013|accessdate=2015-12-11|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131009043216/http://www.capebretonpost.com/Elections/2013-10-08/article-3421966/Eyking-takes-Victoria-The-Lakes-from-incumbent/1|archive-date=October 9, 2013|url-status=dead}}
Electoral record
{{2015 Canadian federal election/Sydney—Victoria}}
{{2011 Canadian federal election/Sydney—Victoria}}
{{2008 Canadian federal election/Sydney—Victoria}}
{{2006 Canadian federal election/Sydney—Victoria}}
{{2004 Canadian federal election/Sydney—Victoria}}
{{2000 Canadian federal election/Sydney—Victoria}}
References
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External links
- [http://markeyking.liberal.ca/ Official site]
- {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=7159}}
- [http://www.liberal.ca/mp/mark-eyking/ Liberal Party of Canada bio]
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Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia
Category:Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
Category:Politicians from Sydney, Nova Scotia
Category:Canadian people of Dutch descent
Category:Farmers from Nova Scotia
Category:Nova Scotia Agricultural College alumni
Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada