First elected in 2000, Conservative MP Carol Skelton announced she would not be seeking re-election, and was shuffled out of her Minister of National Revenue and Minister of Western Economic Diversification cabinet posts.
2000年の最初の選挙では、保守党国会議員のキャロル・スケルトンは彼女は再選を求めないだろうと発表し、国家歳入大臣と西洋経済多様化大臣の閣僚ポストをなんとか免れた。