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Veteran Saskatoon NDP MLA Danielle Chartier has decided family comes first.

Chartier, who was first elected in a 2009 byelection, announced in a Facebook post on Wednesday that she will not seek re-election in this year’s provincial vote.

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Chartier succeeded former NDP premier Lorne Calvert to represent the Saskatoon Riversdale riding and won re-election in 2011 and 2016. Calvert took over from another former NDP premier, Roy Romanow, in representing what has been an NDP stronghold.

The single mother of two daughters said the recent death of her father helped impress upon her the importance of family.

“Given the demands of this role, and because of the juncture I’m at in my personal and family life, I have determined staying closer to home is the best course of action for my family,” Chartier wrote in a Facebook post.

She is the fourth veteran NDP MLA to announce she will not seek re-election, and the third representing a Saskatoon constituency.