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It’s not all that uncommon for members of Parliament to move on after sitting for one term.

For the upcoming election in five months, thirteen NDP members are not running again, meaning it’s losing one-third of its cabinet. Eleven Conservatives, including high-profile MP Kellie Leitch, are also calling it quits.

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So far, eleven Liberals have announced they are quitting.

In addition, former ministers Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpot were thrown under the bus. The last to pull the plug was Andrew Leslie. He was billed as a star candidate in the 2015 election, having been a three-star general and having actually accomplished things in his career. But he didn’t fill the modern Liberal cookie cutter mold of what constitutes cabinet material.

To begin with, Leslie’s gender was wrong and he has grey hair. Just like former Liberal leader Stephane Dion and former Defence Minister John McCallum who were disposed of early in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s term.