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Rookie Quebec Liberal MP Nassif unexpectedly says she won’t seek re-election
By Abbas Rana Aug. 23, 2019
Liberal MP Eva Nassif was confident, until recently, that she would be officially nominated as the party's candidate. On Thursday night, she announced she wouldn't be seeking a second term.
Rookie Liberal MP Eva Nassif, pictured with Liberal MP Randeep Sarai, announced unexpectedly last night she won't seek re-election in October. The Hill times file photograph
Rookie Quebec Liberal MP Eva Nassif was “confident,” until recently, the party would nominate her as a candidate. But on Thursday night, she announced unexpectedly she won’t seek re-election, “because of recent events of a personal nature” that she said she does “not take lightly.”
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