Leslie’s announced departure follows Trudeau’s decision last month to expel two other star recruits from 2015, Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a bid Wednesday to mobilize old-guard Liberals in the coming federal election campaign even as he lost another of his star rookie recruits from the last campaign, the retired lieutenant-general Andrew Leslie, who announced he won’t seek re-election after serving just one term as the Liberal MP for the Ottawa riding of Orleans.
“There’s other things I want to do as a private citizen … and it’s time,” he added, declining to reveal his future plans.Leslie said a period of reflection following recent shoulder-replacement surgery was “one of the big triggers” for his decision. Trudeau chose veteran Liberal Jeremy Broadhurst to run the governing party’s bid for re-election this fall. Broadhurst, who is currently serving as chief of staff to Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, is to take on new duties as national campaign director by May 13.
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