Steven Blaney
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The Honourable Steven Blaney PC MP |
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| Official Opposition Critic for Public Services | |
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In office November 20, 2015 – September 29, 2016 |
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| Minister | Judy Foote |
| Leader | Rona Ambrose |
| Preceded by | Pat Martin |
| Succeeded by | Kelly McCauley |
| Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness | |
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In office July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Vic Toews |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Goodale |
| Chair of the Standing Committee on Official Languages | |
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In office May 31, 2007 – June 20, 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Guy Lauzon |
| Succeeded by | Michael Chong |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Lévis—Bellechasse |
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In office January 23, 2006 – October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Réal Lapierre |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
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April 8, 1965 Sherbrooke, Canada |
| Political party |
Conservative (Federal) CAQ (Provincial) |
| Spouse(s) | Marie Bouchard |
| Alma mater |
University of Quebec, Montreal University of Sherbrooke |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Steven Blaney PC, MP (born April 8, 1965) is a Canadian businessman and Conservative politician. He served as the minister of Public Safety Canada from July 15, 2013 to November 4, 2015, and previously as the minister of Veterans Affairs and minister of State for La Francophonie in the cabinet of the Prime Minister Stephen Harper (May 18, 2011 to July 14, 2013). He represents the Québec riding of Lévis—Bellechasse in the Canadian House of Commons since the 2006 federal election. Despite his Anglophone-sounding name, Blaney is a francophone. He was reelected in the 2015 election.
Blaney was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, and was raised in Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce. Today, he lives in Lévis along with his wife, Marie Bouchard, and his two children, William-Antoine and Alexandra. For 15 years, he worked in Quebec’s engineering sector, more particularly in water purification and energy efficiency. Blaney started up two companies specializing in environmental technology and carried out many environmental projects. Blaney was an active member of Réseau Environnement, Canada’s largest group of environmental professionals; he presided over the organization’s Québec-Chaudière-Appalaches chapter between 2003 and 2006.
Blaney entered politics during the Quebec general elections of 1998; he was a candidate of the Action démocratique du Québec in the provincial electoral district of Beauce-Nord. Blaney arrived in third place, behind Normand Poulin (PLQ) and Gaston Gourde (PQ), collecting 14.42% of the votes.
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