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Steven Blaney | |
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Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness | |
In office July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
Preceded by | Vic Toews |
Succeeded by | Ralph Goodale |
Minister of Veterans Affairs | |
In office May 18, 2011 – July 15, 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Blackburn |
Succeeded by | Julian Fantino |
Chair of the Standing Committee on Official Languages | |
In office May 31, 2007 – June 20, 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
Preceded by | Guy Lauzon |
Succeeded by | Michael Chong |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis | |
In office October 19, 2015 – September 20, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Dominique Vien |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Lévis—Bellechasse | |
In office January 23, 2006 – October 19, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Réal Lapierre |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada | April 8, 1965
Political party | Conservative (Federal) CAQ (Provincial) |
Spouse | Marie Bouchard |
Residence | Saint-Rédempteur (Lévis, Quebec) |
Alma mater | University of Quebec, Montreal University of Sherbrooke |
Steven Blaney PC (born April 8, 1965) is a Canadian businessman and Conservative politician. He served as the Minister of Public Safety Canada (July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015) and previously as the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister of State for La Francophonie in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper (May 18, 2011 – July 14, 2013). He has represented 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. In 2017, he unsuccessfully ran for Conservative party leader.