He's just the latest NDP MP to take a pass on the fall campaign.
Cullen mused for weeks that he might not run again this fall, but said he would wait until after Singh's byelection campaign was over before making any decision. He is currently his party's critic for democratic reform.
He told HuffPost Canada Thursday that he's been an MP for 15 years."That's a long time," he said."I never thought of this thing as what people would think as a job." Cullen finished third in the 2012 NDP leadership race and served in senior roles, including NDP House leader and finance critic, when his party was the Official Opposition under Thomas Mulcair.over those of fellow MPs Charlie Angus, Niki Ashton, and Guy Caron.NDP MP Nathan Cullen said he would announce his plans for his political future after his party's leader Jagmeet Singh wrapped up a crucial B.C. byelection.
Cullen is just the latest longtime NDP MP who won't re-offer this fall. On Thursday, fellow B.C. MP Murray RankinDavid Christopherson and Irene MathyssenB.C.'s Fin Donnelly. Former MPs Kennedy Stewart and Sheila Malcolmson also left their jobs. Stewart is now Vancouver's mayor and Malcolmson is a provincial politician in B.C.With files from The Canadian Press
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