Federal cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc says he has been discharged from the Montreal hospital where he was receiving cancer treatment.

In a statement posted on Twitter Wednesday, the Liberal MP, who was successfully re-elected in his New Brunswick riding in last month’s election, said he and his wife were “very grateful for the professional, kind and highly competent care” he received from medical staff at Maisonneuve-Rosemont.

He also thanked constituents of his Beauséjour riding for their “understanding and confidence” and said he was “feeling stronger every day and very much looking forward to returning to New Brunswick as soon as possible.”

LeBlanc announced last April that he would temporarily step away from cabinet after being diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He is the minister responsible for intergovernmental relations, northern affairs and internal trade.

At the time, Finance Minister Bill Morneau assumed responsibilities for intergovernmental affairs and internal trade files, and was also tapped as acting president of the Privy Council. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett assumed LeBlanc’s responsibilities for the North.

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In the same statement on Wednesday, Dr. Silvy Lachance, director of the hematopoietic stem cell transplant and cellular therapy program at the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, said LeBlanc was hospitalized at the facility after achieving a “complete remission,” which is the “ideal condition for a successful stem cell transplant.”

Lachance said a “perfectly matched unrelated donor” was identified and the transplant took place on Sept. 18, which the doctor said “went well with no unusual complication and the stem cell engrafted with 100 per cent donor chimerism.” That refers to the percentage of donor cells in the patient’s blood.

“Like any patient who undergoes this significant medical procedure. Dominic’s new blood and immune system will continue to strengthen over the coming weeks,” Lachance said, adding that the hospital’s team of specialists will “closely follow (LeBlanc’s) evolution and monitor his progress and provide all the support necessary for a full and successful recovery.”

LeBlanc was diagnosed with a form of leukemia in April 2017, and revealed his diagnosis in December of that year after undergoing chemo immunotherapy treatment. He said in October 2018 that the leukemia was in complete remission.

Despite being confined to the hospital for the duration of the recemt election campaign, LeBlanc was comfortably elected for a seventh term as MP in the Oct. 21 vote. He won re-election with roughly 46 per cent of the vote, nearly 20 points more than the runner-up, Laura Reinsborough of the Green Party.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will unveil his new cabinet on Nov. 20.