Larry Guno

{{short description|Canadian lawyer, playwright and politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| honorific-suffix = MLA

| name=Larry Guno

| image=Larry Guno, 1986.jpg

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|2|28}}

| birth_place = Aiyansh, British Columbia

| death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2005|7|17|1940|2|28}}}}

| death_place =

| residence =

| office = MLA for Atlin

| term_start = 1986

| term_end = 1991

| predecessor = Al Passarell

| successor = Riding merged into Bulkley Valley-Stikine

| party = New Democrat

| spouse =

| occupation = lawyer, playwright

}}

Larry Edward Guno (February 28, 1940 – July 17, 2005) was a lawyer, playwright and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Atlin in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1991 as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member.

He was born in Aiyansh, British Columbia in 1940, the son of Augustus Guno and a member of the Nisga'a nation.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GkAuYRVjlE8C&pg=PA287 |title=Aboriginal peoples of Canada: a short introduction |last=Magocsi |first=Paul R |isbn=0-8020-8469-9 |year=2002 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |accessdate=2012-02-26}} Guno was educated at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia.{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |date=Spring 1991 |last=Flanagan |first=Kathryn M |author2=Miller, Katherine J }} In 2000, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the federal riding of Skeena.{{cite web |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Include=Y&Language=E&rid=689&Search=Det |title=Skeena, British Columbia (1914 - 2003) |work=History of Federal Ridings since 1867 |publisher=Parliament of Canada |accessdate=2012-02-26}} He wrote the play Bunk #7 based on his experiences at a residential school. In 2005, Guno died at his home in Terrace at the age of 65.{{cite web |url=http://www.nativeearth.ca/downloads/NEPA_Newsletter_September_2005.pdf |title=Native Earth newsletter |publisher=Native Earth Performing Arts |date=September 2005 |accessdate=2012-02-26}}