constituency_mp birth_date residence term_end alma_mater profession term_start spouse image name predecessor parliament birth_place party office minister successor religion primeminister article_title
lévis -- bellechasse 08 april 1965 saint-rédempteur , quebec june 20 , 2011 université de sherbrooke businessman , engineer , environmental consultant july 23 , 2006 15 , 2013 may 31 , 2007 january marie bouchard steven blaney 2014-11-11 . jpg steven blaney vic toews guy lauzon réal lapierre canadian sherbrooke , quebec conservative minister on official languages of public safety chair of the standing committee josee verner james moore michael chong roman catholicism stephen harper steven blaney

steven blaney

steven blaney pc , mp -lrb- born april 8 , 1965 in sherbrooke , quebec -rrb- is a canadian businessman and conservative politician serving as the minister of public safety canada since july 15 , 2013 and previously as the minister of veterans affairs and minister of state for la francophonie in the cabinet of the prime minister stephen harper -lrb- may 18 , 2011 to july 14 , 2013 -rrb- .
he represents the québec riding of lévis -- bellechasse in the canadian house of commons since the 2006 federal election .
despite his anglophone-sounding name , blaney is a francophone .
