NATIONAL LIBERAL CAUCUS CHAIR ELECTIONS
February 7, 2001
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien is pleased to announce the Liberal Caucus Executive that was selected in today’s National Caucus elections.
"I am very pleased that we are beginning our new mandate with another fine team on the Caucus Executive," said the Prime Minister. "I look forward to relying on their advice and counsel in meeting the needs of our Caucus and carrying forward the Liberal plan for Canada’s future that was endorsed so decisively by Canadians last November."
Following is an updated list of the Liberal Caucus Executive:
Chair, National Liberal Caucus Paul De Villers, MP (Simcoe North)
Vice-Chair, National Caucus Senator Léonce Mercier
Treasurer
Mauril Bélanger, MP (Ottawa -Vanier)Secretary
Marcel Proulx, MP (Hull -Aylmer)Regional Caucus Chairs:
Chair, Atlantic Caucus
Dominic LeBlanc, MP (Beauséjour- Petitcodiac)Chair, Quebec Caucus
Marlene Jennings, MP (Notre-Dame-de- Grâce- Lachine)Chair, Ontario Caucus
Steve Mahoney, MP (Mississauga West)Chair, Northern and Western Caucus John Harvard, MP (Charleswood-St. James- Assiniboine)
Chair, Women's Caucus Carolyn Bennett, MP (St. Paul’s)
Chair, Rural Caucus
Murray Calder, MP (Dufferin-Peel-Wellington- Grey)- 30 -
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