In a video she posted to Twitter on Wednesday, Candice Bergen explained that she broke the news to her fellow Conservative MPs at their weekly caucus on Wednesday morning.

58-year-old Candice Bergen has represented this rural, conservative Manitoba since 2008, when the Conservatives began their second term as leader of a minority government.

Many thanks to all my colleagues on both sides of the house. Regardless of your political affiliation, I’m really proud of the work we do here and I will miss this place.she says in the video.

I choose to leave now, not because I’m tired and lacking energy. In fact, it’s the opposite: I’m hopeful and energized. [Je suis] optimistic for the strong and united Conservative Party and for our group under the courageous and principled leadership of my friend Pierre PoilievreShe adds.

The announcement comes almost a year to the day after she accepted the post of interim chair of the CPC after Erin O’Toole was ousted from the party leadership.

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Last September, she announced that she would no longer stand in the next federal election.

In her Wednesday message, she does not specify what her plans are. The best is yet to come she just said.

Many MPs credit Candice Bergen with helping unite the party faction when it was divided under Erin O’Toole.

She heard caucuses, respected caucuses, and truly united caucuses on our core principles of who we are as conservatives.said Manitoba MP James Bezan.

A by-election must now be organized in Manitoba soon. Several people have already expressed interest in replacing her, including Manitoba Treasury Secretary Cameron Friesen, who announced last week that he was stepping down from his Legislative Assembly seat to run.

I thank her for her many years of service.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during a press crowd on Wednesday.

In addition to riding Portage-Lisgar, another statewide by-election will be held in Manitoba this year in riding Winnipeg South Center after Jim Carr passed away last year.