Politics
This is the first venture into political life for Pierre Lemieux. A strong pro-life supporter, on January 23, 2006, Lemieux narrowly defeated Liberal René Berthiaume, becoming the Conservative MP for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell. It had been one of the longest held Liberal ridings in Eastern Ontario. The results were not entirely unexpected, however, as the region as a whole has been trending toward the Conservatives in recent years at the federal level. Most recently, Lemieux retained his riding in the 2008 federal election, though this time by a much wider margin than his previous victory. He was replaced as Parliamentary Secretary for Official Languages by Manitoba Member of Parliament Shelly Glover, who is also a francophone.
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