Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay has announced he will be retiring because he will not run in the next election which could come within months.
He has been a Prince Edward Island Member of Parliament since 1988 and has twice been agriculture minister and also minister of labour, of veterans affairs and solicitor general.
“With a heavy heart, but no regrets, I have decided that I will not be a candidate in the next federal election,” he wrote.
He was elected 11 times and served under six prime ministers.
