WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s New Democrats could lose another longtime member before the April 19 provincial election.
Tourism Minister Ron Lemieux has been nominated to run for re-election in the Dawson Trail constituency, but said he has yet to make a final commitment.
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He said he will talk to his family soon and knows the clock is ticking.
Other high-profile members have decided to quit in recent weeks.
They include Justice Minister Gord Mackintosh and former finance minister Jennifer Howard.
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Lemieux, who is 65, was first elected to the legislature in 1999 and has held a variety of cabinet positions, including transportation and education.
“I really need to have that discussion with my family, to make sure they’re really behind me 110 per cent,” Lemieux said Thursday.
“When you’re running as a politician and you make that commitment for four years going down the road, that impacts on one’s family and everyone else around you.”
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