He was lauded as a hero for helping to end the 2014 attack on Parliament Hill.
Kevin Vickers, former Canadian ambassador to Ireland and former Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons, speaks during the annual Press Gallery Dinner at the Museum of Nature in Gatineau, Que., on June 4, 2016.
The former House of Commons sergeant-at-arms announced today in Newcastle, N.B., that he is seeking the Liberal leadership in New Brunswick. He has deep roots in the province. His father, Bill, helped establish the Northumberland co-op dairy decades ago. On Oct. 22, 2014, Vickers was serving as sergeant-at-arms of the Commons when he shot and helped take down a man armed with a .30-30 rifle. Michael Zihaf Bibeau had barged into Centre Block on Parliament Hill after killing honour guard reservist Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the National War Memorial.Vickers was appointed ambassador to Ireland in January 2015 by then-prime minister Stephen Harper.
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