Steven Blaney

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The Honourable Steven Blaney PC
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
In office July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015
Prime Minister	Stephen Harper
Preceded by	Vic Toews
Succeeded by	Ralph Goodale
Minister of Veterans Affairs
In office May 18, 2011 – July 15, 2013
Prime Minister	Stephen Harper
Preceded by	Jean-Pierre Blackburn
Succeeded by	Julian Fantino
Chair of the Standing Committee on Official Languages
In office May 31, 2007 – June 20, 2011
Prime Minister	Stephen Harper
Preceded by	Guy Lauzon
Succeeded by	Michael Chong
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
In office October 19, 2015 – September 20, 2021
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Dominique Vien
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Lévis—Bellechasse
In office January 23, 2006 – October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Réal Lapierre
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1965-04-08) April 8, 1965 (age 59) Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Conservative (Federal) CAQ (Provincial)
Spouse	Marie Bouchard
Residence	Saint-Rédempteur (Lévis, Quebec)
Alma mater	University of Quebec, Montreal University of Sherbrooke

Steven Blaney PC (born April 8, 1965) is a Canadian businessman and Conservative politician. He served as the Minister of Public Safety Canada (July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015) and previously as the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister of State for La Francophonie in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper (May 18, 2011 – July 14, 2013). He has represented the Québec riding of Lévis—Bellechasse in the Canadian House of Commons since the 2006 federal election. Despite his anglophone-sounding name, Blaney is a Francophone. He was reelected in the 2015 election. In 2017, he unsuccessfully ran for Conservative party leader.