The Liberal Party’s national campaign director Jeremy Broadhurst has confirmed he is stepping down from the role.
“After much consideration and discussion with my family, I have decided to step away from my role as National Campaign Director for the Liberal Party of Canada effective September 30, 2024,” Broadhurst wrote in a statement posted on social media Sept. 5.
Broadhurst said he considered the next federal election to be the “most critical federal election campaign of my life” and one that would see Canadians “decide about the type of politics that they find acceptable.”
“Given the stakes involved, the Prime Minister, the Liberal Party of Canada and all its candidates deserve someone who can bring more energy and devotion to the job than I can at this stage of my life,” he said.
Broadhurst added that since he became national campaign director a year ago, he had increasingly thought about the “physical, mental and emotional effort” that had been required of him over the past 20 years in politics, and how it had impacted his family.
“I have come to the conclusion that I cannot ask them to sacrifice another year,” he said.
Broadhurst said he is still committed to the Liberal Party and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and is “tremendously proud to have been able to take part in this effort.”
Broadhurst was also a former national director of the Liberal Party, as was an advisor to former Liberal leaders Stéphane Dion and Michael Ignatieff and interim leader Bob Rae. He also held roles as the former chief of staff to Chrystia Freeland when she was foreign affairs minister.
The news of Broadhurst stepping down came one day after NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced his party had pulled out of the supply and confidence agreement it signed with the governing Liberals in March 2022. That deal saw the NDP support the government in confidence matters until June 2025, while the Liberals would in turn support NDP priorities such as pharmacare and dental care.
