Terry Duguid (; born 1954 or 1955) is a Canadian politician. A member of the

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, he has been the Member of Parliament for

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since the 2015 federal election. Duguid was

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from March to May 2025 as well as Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada from December 2024 to March 2025. Before federal politics, he was on the

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athlete Don Duguid. Duguid holds a

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degree in

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and a

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in Environmental Science. He has been involved in a variety of eco-business pursuits in the Winnipeg area, including being president of ''Sustainable Development International'', and serving as chairman of the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission. He was president and CEO of the Gateway North Marketing Agency, which is responsible for ensuring the survival of the Port of Churchill and the Hudson Bay Rail Line. He is also the founding president of the International Centre for Infectious Diseases, a not-for-profit organization created after the outbreak of

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to support and enhance the mandate of the

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Career

Prior to his entry to politics Duguid was an environmental activist. He was executive director of the

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in the 1980s. He served as a member of

Winnipeg City Council The Winnipeg City Council () is the governing body of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The Council is seated in the Council Building of Winnipeg City Hall.North Kildonan (40,000 constituents). He was chairman of the Public Works Committee. In that position he helped create Winnipeg's blue box recycling program. He stepped down as councillor to run for mayor of Winnipeg in 1995, but the incumbent mayor,

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, was re-elected.

Post-city council

After municipal politics, Duguid was an executive in the not-for-profit sector. From 1995 to 1997, he was president and CEO of Gateway North International, working to secure a future for the rail line that leads to the Port of Churchill. He oversaw the transfer of both the rail line and the port, together worth $100 million, to a new owner. From 1997 to 2000, he was president of Sustainable Development International, a consulting firm specializing in conservation and international management. From 2000 to 2004, Duguid was chairman of Manitoba's Clean Environment Commission, which is responsible for carrying out public hearings for major development projects, including forestry and hydro-electric development. Duguid was the founding president of the International Centre for Infectious Diseases in Winnipeg, beginning as such in 2004 and serving until 2009. Duguid had been part of the original task force that set out to make recommendations to improve Canada's response to infectious disease outbreaks in the wake of the

epidemic of 2003, especially in Toronto. The task force recommended the establishment of ICID and the Public Health Agency of Canada, with both to be located in Winnipeg.

Federal politics

In the

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, Duguid was the Liberal candidate in the north Winnipeg riding of Kildonan—St. Paul, a riding previously held by Liberal MP Rey Pagtakhan, who chose to run in a different riding. Duguid narrowly lost (13582 votes to 13304) to

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candidate

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. He ran against Smith again in

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, but Smith was re-elected in an election that saw the Conservatives win a minority government. Duguid ran as the Liberal candidate in the riding of

in the

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. He finished second behind the incumbent Conservative, Rod Bruinooge.

Winnipeg South Member of Parliament

The 2015 federal election again saw Duguid running as the Liberal candidate in Winnipeg South; this time he was elected as the Liberals replaced the Conservative majority government with one of their own, which also included winning six of Winnipeg's other seven House seats. After the election Duguid was appointed as parliamentary secretary to the

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. Duguid was then named Parliamentary Secretary for the Status of Women on 28 January 2017, serving under

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. He was a member of the Canada-China Legislative Association and served as vice-chair of the group. He traveled together with multi-party colleagues of the association for a two-week tour through China in August 2017. Duguid was also a member and vice-chair of the Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association. Duguid was appointed the government lead for the efforts to clean-up

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by Catherine McKenna,

, in November 2017. He would direct $25.7 million in federal spending which flow through the Lake Winnipeg Basin Program to address toxic algae blooms. Duguid has served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the

since 3 December 2021. A longtime advocate on clean water issues, Duguid was successful in advocating for the creation of the Canada Water Agency as well as successfully advocating for its headquarters to be established in Winnipeg.

Cabinet Minister

Duguid was appointed as the minister of sport and the minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada on December 20, 2024. Duguid became

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in March 2025. After being reelected in the 2025 federal election in April, he was removed from cabinet in the subsequent shuffle on May 13.

Electoral results

Federal

Municipal

Provincial

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duguid, Terry 1950s births Living people Winnipeg city councillors Canadian people of Scottish descent Canadian people of Ukrainian descent Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba Carleton University alumni University of Calgary alumni Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Members of the 29th Canadian Ministry Members of the 30th Canadian Ministry 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada Year of birth missing (living people)