The expat status could be an issue for some, but not others. Michael Ignatief just won a seat in Toronto last week while spending most of the past decade in the US. Barbara Hall, former mayor of Toronto, spent a large chunk of her adult life in the US as well.
Usually, however, politicians are sent into international exile after they've lost power rather than before. Robert Bourassa lost the 1976 Quebec election so badly he had to hide in France for years before returning to take back the reins of the Liberal Party and gov't around 1981. Federally, former PM Kim Campbell had to go on an extended speaking tour in the US for years after losing her gov't and her seat to the Liberals.
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Date: 2006-01-30 10:46 pm (UTC)Usually, however, politicians are sent into international exile after they've lost power rather than before. Robert Bourassa lost the 1976 Quebec election so badly he had to hide in France for years before returning to take back the reins of the Liberal Party and gov't around 1981. Federally, former PM Kim Campbell had to go on an extended speaking tour in the US for years after losing her gov't and her seat to the Liberals.