Ex-MP Bernard Valcourt pleads not guilty to obstructing, resisting police
Former federal minister’s trial will be handled by out-of-province judge and prosecutorAccording to information filed in court, Valcourt is accused of obstructing two Edmundston city police officers and resisting them as they were trying to do their work.Bernard Valcourt, a former MP who was a cabinet minister in the governments of prime ministers Brian Mulroney and Stephen Harper, did not appear in court Tuesday to enter the plea himself.
In a sign of Valcourt's high profile in the area, both the trial judge and the Crown prosecutor will be from outside the province.Michaud said the court was opting for an out-of-province judge to avoid any perception of a conflict.Valcourt had two stints as a federal MP, first from 1984 to 1993 as the MP for Madawaska-Victoria and then from 2011 to 2015 as MP for Madawaska-Restigouche.
He was a senior minister in the Mulroney and Harper governments. He resigned from the Mulroney cabinet in 1989 after pleading guilty following a drunk-driving accident but was reappointed in 1990.
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