Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown has quelled any speculation that he might leave his current role to take a run at replacing soon-to-be-former Conservative Party of Canada Leader Andrew Scheer, who stepped down earlier this month.

Brown’s name has been mentioned alongside other Conservative party veterans like Rona Ambrose, Peter MacKay and Pierre Poilievre by some political commentators speculating on possible replacement in the wake of Scheer’s resignation on Dec. 12.

However, he said he has no current plans to re-enter the federal political fray after having served as Conservative MP under former prime minister Stephen Harper between 2006 and 2015.

“I’m happy in Brampton. If I went back to Ottawa, I don’t think my wife would be very happy,” he said during an interview on Dec. 18.