Eight former MPs, five Conservatives, make their return to Parliament in 2019

NDP MP Jack Harris says the Liberal mandate has been ‘significantly tempered by the attitudes of Canadians about the election and by the necessity for this country to work,’ and that he ‘hopes Parliamentarians rise to the occasion.’

Top, from left to right, Bloc Québécois MP Claude DeBellefeuille, NDP MP Jack Harris, Conservative MP Kyle Seeback, and Conservative MP Tim Uppal. Bottom, from left to right, Bloc Québécois MP Stéphane Bergeron, Conservative MP John Williamson, Conservative MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay, and Conservative MP Rob Moore. Ms. Findlay says what she would like to see 'is some real acknowledgement that there is a lot of work to be done in federal-provincial interactions and interrelations.' Photographs courtesy of ourcommons.ca

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

October 28, 2019

Eight former MPs who weren't part of the last Parliament will be making their way back to Ottawa following successful bids in the 2019 election, including five Conservatives, two from the Bloc Québécois, and one from the NDP. Liberal candidates finished second in all eight ridings won by the forme...

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