Doug Currie seeks federal Conservative nomination in Charlottetown

Doug Currie, a former P.E.I. LiberalMLA and cabinet minister, is looking to become the Conservative Party of Canada's candidate for the Charlottetown ridingin the next federal election.

This would be Currie's second attempt atrepresenting Charlottetown as a Conservative after winning the party's nomination in 2021, and later losing to incumbent Liberal MP Sean Casey in that year's federal election.

"I am ready to bring my experience, drive and passion to be a strong voice in Ottawa to represent the constituents of Charlottetown as their Member of Parliament on the issues that matter to them," Currie said in a statement Wednesday.

Currie became MLA for Charlottetown-Parkdale in 2007 and held the seat for a decade with stints in cabinet as minister of both health and education.

Casey has been the MP for Charlottetown since 2011.

"Charlottetown needs an MP to stand up for them in Ottawa versus [toeing] the line for Justin Trudeau and his policies that have made life unaffordable," Currie said in the statement.

Currie is currently vice-president of corporate and strategic development at Holland College, a post-secondary school in Charlottetown.

A federal election must be held by October 2025.