(Quebec) Liberal Christine St-Pierre will not be on the starting blocks in the next election. The member for Acadie confirmed Monday evening in front of her activists that she would not seek a new mandate in October 2022.
Updated yesterday at 6:29 p.m.
“I officially announce to you that I will not be a candidate in the next provincial elections, in October”, underlined with emotion Mr.me St-Pierre, Monday evening, during an activity in his riding with the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party, Dominique Anglade. “I will thus put an end to 15 years of political life,” she added. Years “magnificent and rewarding on a personal level,” said the politician.
The ex-liberal minister had been hanging the suspense about his political future for a few weeks. A former journalist at Radio-Canada, Christine St-Pierre was first elected in 2007. She served as Minister of Culture, Communications and the Status of Women in Jean Charest’s government from 2007 to 2012. She was then appointed Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie from 2014 to 2018 in the government of Philippe Couillard.
Since January, Mr.me St-Pierre acts as the official opposition’s critic for culture and communications.
“I will finish this mandate with the feeling of accomplishment. I say thank you, ”continued M.me St-Pierre in front of his assembled militants.
It’s time for me to turn the page and write a new chapter.
Christine St-Pierre, Liberal MP for L’Acadie
Dominique Anglade also took the floor to thank Mr.me St-Pierre of her time in politics, calling her “an outstanding figure in Quebec politics”. “Christine St-Pierre is not afraid. She is not afraid of anything, ”also underlined Mme England.
PHOTO PHILIPPE BOIVIN, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
Liberal leader Dominique Anglade accompanied Christine St-Pierre during her announcement.
MPs and former ministers Gaétan Barrette, Francine Charbonneau and Lise Thériault have already announced that they will not seek a new mandate in the fall. Other departures are to be expected among the veterans, while Kathleen Weil, Hélène David, Nicole Ménard, Pierre Arcand and Carlos J. Leitão have still not specified whether they will be in the ranks in October.
In interview with The Press On Sunday, chef Dominique Anglade explained that a “game plan” has been established for the rest of things and that these announcements will “certainly not be left to chance”.