Liberal MNA Henri-Fran\u00e7ois Gautrin announced his retirement last Friday, February 28 after representing the Verdun for 25 years.<\/p>\n
I really appreciate the support of the Verdunites over these 25 years,\u201d he said in a later interview. \u201cI\u2019ve been very very happy to be the MLA during this period of time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Gautrin made it clear that he plans to work just as hard in the coming election for the next candidate as he worked for himself.<\/p>\n
I will work for the next candidate to be elected,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s very important for me that this riding remains Liberal. Last time, we won by only 545 votes so it won\u2019t be easy, but I\u2019m dedicated myself to that. I don\u2019t want the PQ to win this riding. Part of our vote went to CAQ. My objective is to get that vote back for us.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Gautrin said he knew who the candidate would be, but he wouldn\u2019t divulge a name.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s very important election, because if the PQ gets a majority, we might have a new referendum. I\u2019ve fought for my country twice and I don\u2019t want to fight a third time. I\u2019m too old for that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Liberal MNA Henri-Fran\u00e7ois Gautrin announced his retirement last Friday, February 28 after representing the Verdun for 25 years. I really appreciate the support of the Verdunites over these 25 years,\u201d he said in a later interview. \u201cI\u2019ve been very very happy to be the MLA during this period of time.\u201d Gautrin made it clear that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[178,177,176,128],"class_list":["post-15570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lasalleposts","tag-february","tag-henri-francois-gautrin","tag-liberal","tag-verdun","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-438","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":979,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/verdun-riding\/","url_meta":{"origin":15570,"position":0},"title":"Verdun Riding Narrowly Held by Liberals","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"September 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0 In the end, Henri-Fran\u00e7ois Gautrin won by 524 votes. 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