OTTAWA — Conservative MP Larry Brock formally resigned from the House of Commons on Friday, ending five years representing the Brantford–Brant South–Six Nations area and creating another federal byelection vacancy in Ontario.
Brock announced last month that he would leave federal politics to return to his previous career at the Crown attorney’s office in Brantford. Before entering politics, he worked as a prosecutor for nearly 19 years.
His resignation means a byelection will be required in the riding in the coming months. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is scheduled to hold a rally in Brantford this weekend.
Brock becomes the seventh MP to leave Poilievre’s Conservative caucus over the past year. Four MPs crossed the floor to the Liberals, Richard Martel moved to the Senate, while Brock and fellow Conservative Cathay Wagantall left federal politics.