Bloc Québécois MP Stéphane Bergeron will not be a candidate in the next elections

Photo: Adrian Wyld Archives The Canadian Press Bloc Québécois MP Stéphane Bergeron indicated that his decision was based on “family and personal reasons”.

The Canadian Press

Published yesterday at 1:28 p.m.

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Bloc MP Stéphane Bergeron announced Thursday that he would not be a candidate in the next federal election.

At a press briefing Thursday morning, the MP for Montarville, in Montérégie, indicated that his decision was due to “family and personal reasons.”

Aged 59, Mr. Bergeron was first elected as the Bloc Québécois MNA for Verchères — Les-Patriotes in 1993, and was re-elected in 1997, 2000 and 2004. He resigned in 2005 to become the provincial MNA for Verchères under the Parti Québécois banner, until 2018. He was notably Minister of Public Security in Pauline Marois’ government from 2012 to 2014.

Defeated by the CAQ candidate in the 2018 election, he returned to Ottawa for the Bloc Québécois in the 2019 federal election and was re-elected to the House of Commons in 2021. Since then, he has been the Bloc Québécois’ critic for foreign affairs and cooperation. international.

Bloc leader Yves-François Blanchet highlighted Mr. Bergeron’s “exceptional commitment” on Thursday “for all the years he has devoted himself wholeheartedly and with remarkable efficiency to public service, both in terms of the priorities of the citizens of his riding and those of Quebec.”

Mr. Bergeron said that, like his fellow citizens, he had to “deal daily with the ups and downs of life, with its moments of joy, of course, but also its moments of sorrow.”

“This is how life has led me to have to devote more time to my family members,” he said.