Emerson, will not seek Re-election: Vancouver

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Barry Artiste

Emerson stating publicly he is stepping down from politics in the upcoming election and choosing not to run, because he hates to commute from Vancouver to Ottawa, certainly shows someone is lying through his teeth, when it is clear he stands a snowballs chance in hell in getting re-elected after crossing the floor from as a Liberal to a Conservative, much to the ire of Liberal voters who put him there in the first place.

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Emerson, Hearn will not seek re-election

Foreign Affairs Minister David Emerson, one of the bright stars in the Conservative cabinet, will not be running in the election expected to be called on Sunday, CTV News has learned.

Robert Fife, Ottawa Bureau Chief Sources have also told CTV that Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn will retire from politics when the writ is dropped.

Both men are senior ministers who carry heavy political responsibilities. Emerson won the riding of Vancouver Kingsway in the last election and switched to the Tories when Stephen Harper formed a government.

He was unlikely to win this working class riding as a Conservative although the party was prepared to find him a safer riding.

But sources say Emerson decided he didn't want to make the lengthy commute back and forth to the capital.