Veteran Canadian Alliance MP Deb Grey announced she was leaving politics. She made the announcement March 13th at her Edmonton North riding office. Grey said she never entered politics with the intention of becoming a career politician. (Grey was the first Reform Party MP to be elected to parliament.)

Date: 2003-03-13
Placeline: EDMONTON, Alberta.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 19 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << therefore after much thought I have decided not to seek re-election I'm not prepared to spend the fifth term in Parliament I've had a wonderful career and so I'm announcing today that I will not be running in the next federal election I ready to pass the torch to a new generation of political reformers >>

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