William Craig McNamara
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William Craig McNamara
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William Craig McNamara was chief commissioner of the Canadian Wheat Board from 1958 to 1970 and then a member of the Senate of Canada. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba but raised in Regina, Saskatchewan and was called "Bill Mac" by his friends. He was instrumental in opening overseas markets to Canadian wheat. In the 1960s, he led delegations to the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China to negotiate wheat sales to those countries. In 1923, McNamara found work with the Standard Bank of
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Canadian politician
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