Longtime Quebec Liberal Lise Thériault says she won’t be seeking re-election in 2022.
Thériault told reporters Monday in her Montreal riding of Anjou-Louis-Riel that she’ll serve the rest of her mandate, but won’t seek another term after seven consecutive mandates spanning 20 years.
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She is the first of several provincial Liberals who are expected to depart the party’s ranks ahead of the October 2022 provincial election.
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Thériault says she’s leaving of her own accord and told reporters Monday she wasn’t pressured to leave by anyone in Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade’s entourage.
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She says what convinced her was knowing the candidate who would succeed her, Chantale Gagnon, who was by her side at the announcement.
First elected to the national assembly in a 2002 byelection, Theriault, 55, held several cabinet positions in governments helmed by Jean Charest and Philippe Couillard.
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