Prominent prairie MP plans to bow out of politics

Saskatchewan Tory MP and cabinet minister Carol Skelton has announced she will not run in the next federal election.

Saskatchewan MP Carol Skelton says she's hanging up her political hat before the next election.
(CBC News)

In a news release Friday, the 61-year-old minister of national revenue said she wants to quit politics to spend more time with her family.

Skelton was first elected MP for Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar in 2000 when she belonged to the Canadian Alliance.

She was re-elected in 2004 and 2006 as a Conservative.

She is one of 12 Conservative MPs from Saskatchewan.

Her announcement comes amid reports that a federal cabinet shuffle may be just weeks away.

Skelton and her husband, Noel, have farmed in the Harris area for 35 years.

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