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Steven Blaney | |
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| Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness | |
| In office July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Vic Toews |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Goodale |
| Minister of Veterans Affairs | |
| In office May 18, 2011 – July 15, 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Blackburn |
| Succeeded by | Julian Fantino |
| Chair of the Standing Committee on Official Languages | |
| In office May 31, 2007 – June 20, 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Guy Lauzon |
| Succeeded by | Michael Chong |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis | |
| In office October 19, 2015 – September 20, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Dominique Vien |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Lévis—Bellechasse | |
| In office January 23, 2006 – October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Réal Lapierre |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 8, 1965 Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative (Federal) CAQ (Provincial) |
| Spouse | Marie Bouchard |
| Residence | Saint-Rédempteur (Lévis, Quebec) |
| Alma mater | University of Quebec, Montreal University of Sherbrooke |
Steven Blaney PC (born April 8, 1965) is a Canadian businessman and Conservative politician. He served as the Minister of Public Safety Canada (July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015) and previously as the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister of State for La Francophonie in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper (May 18, 2011 – July 14, 2013). He has represented 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. He was reelected in the 2015 election. In 2017, he unsuccessfully ran for Conservative party leader.