Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry MP Guy Lauzon won't seek re-election

Long-serving Conservative MP Guy Lauzonsays he will not seek re-electionin his eastern Ontarioriding ofStormontDundasSouthGlengarry this fall.

Lauzon, 75, made the announcement Saturday on Twitter,and also discussed the decision with his wife, Frances, in a video posted to Facebook.

"Both of us, jointly, have made a decision that we're going to go on to hopefully bigger and better things, and bring our political career to a finish after 19 years," Lauzon said in the video.

Lauzon first ran as a Canadian Alliance candidate in 2000 in the formerriding ofStormontDundasCharlottenburgh, finishingsecond.

He ran under the Conservative banner four years later in StormontDundasSouthGlengarry and unseatedthe Liberal incumbent. Lauzonhas held the seat ever since.

The next federal election is scheduled for Oct. 21, 2019.