Steven Blaney

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.

Steven Blaney
Official Opposition Critic for Canadian Heritage
In office
September 25, 2017  TBD
LeaderAndrew Scheer
CritiquingMélanie Joly
Pablo Rodríguez
Steven Guilbeault
Preceded byDianne Watts
Succeeded byTBD
Official Opposition Critic for Veterans Affairs
In office
August 30, 2017  September 24, 2017
LeaderAndrew Scheer
CritiquingSeamus O'Regan
Preceded byJohn Brassard
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
In office
July 15, 2013  November 4, 2015
Prime MinisterStephen Harper
Preceded byVic Toews
Succeeded byRalph Goodale
Chair of the Standing Committee on Official Languages
In office
May 31, 2007  June 20, 2011
Prime MinisterStephen Harper
Preceded byGuy Lauzon
Succeeded byMichael Chong
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
In office
October 19, 2015  September 20, 2021
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byDominique Vien
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Lévis—Bellechasse
In office
January 23, 2006  October 19, 2015
Preceded byRéal Lapierre
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1965-04-08) April 8, 1965
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Political partyConservative (Federal)
CAQ (Provincial)
SpouseMarie Bouchard
ResidenceSaint-Rédempteur (Lévis, Quebec)
Alma materUniversity of Quebec, Montreal
University of Sherbrooke
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