Liberal MP Sean Fraser changes mind, will seek re-election: sources

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Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Sean Fraser is cancelling his plans to retire from politics and will announce today he will seek reelection in his Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova, CBC News has learned.

Former cabinet minister announced in December he would not run again

David Cochrane · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 25, 2025 9:03 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Sean Fraser is cancelling his plans to retire from politics and will announce today he will seek re-election in his Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova, CBC News has learned.

Multiple sources say Fraser made the decision Monday after a phone call from Liberal Leader Mark Carney asking him to reconsider.

Fraser announced in December he wouldn't run again because of the strain the job placed on his family life. But sources say Carney reassured Fraser they would find a way to balance his workload with his family life.

Fraser and Carney are expected to appear together at an event later today in Nova Scotia where the news will be officially announced.

Fraser stepped down from the federal cabinet in December when he announced he wouldn't run again. He was the federal housing minister until then, and immigration minister before that.

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David Cochrane is host of Power & Politics, Canada's premier daily political show, airing 5 to 7 p.m. ET weekdays on CBC News Network. David joined the parliamentary bureau as a senior reporter in 2016. Since then, he has reported from 11 countries across four continents. David played a leading role in CBC's 2019 and 2021 federal election coverage. Before Ottawa, David spent nearly two decades covering politics in his beloved Newfoundland and Labrador, where he hosted the RTDNA award winning political show On Point with David Cochrane.

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