Larry McCormick was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician.

McCormick was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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, representing the riding Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington

Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington

Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1984 to 2003, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007.-Description:...

 from 1993 to 2004. McCormick was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

Minister of Agriculture (Canada)

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McCormick's seat was merged with parts of the former riding of Lanark—Carleton, forcing him into a contest with that riding's Conservative incumbent, Scott Reid in the 2004 election

Canadian federal election, 2004

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. Reid won the seat.

Before serving in Ottawa, Larry McCormick owned and operated McCormick's Country Store on County Road 4 in Camden East

Camden East

Camden East is a village in the Municipality of Stone Mills, located east of Greater Napanee in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.-History:...

. He was married to wife Reta and had one child, a daughter, Kayla.