Mark MacGuigan
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Mark Rudolph MacGuigan (February 17, 1931, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - January 12, 1998) was a Canadian academic and politician.
MacGuigan was a law professor and dean at the University of Windsor, before being elected as a Liberal Party candidate to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1968 general election.
In 1976, he took a turn at provincial politics and ran for the leadersip of the Ontario Liberal Party. He lost to Stuart Smith at the leadershipo convention.
In 1980, he was appointed Secretary of State for External Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. He became Minister of Justice in 1982.
When Trudeau announced his retirement as Liberal leader and prime minister, MacGuigan ran to succeed him at the 1984 Liberal leadership convention. He placed fifth. He retired from politics following the convention, and became a judge on the federal Court of Appeal.