Andrew Bevan has been given the complicated task of leading the federal Liberals’ next electoral campaign, as the party faces repeated setbacks and an internal revolt against its leader Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Bevan is replacing Jeremy Broadhurst, who left the role of national campaign director on Sept. 30 after playing a key role in the 2015, 2019, and 2021 elections.
“Andrew Bevan has been a leader in moving forward progressive priorities for more than 30 years,” said Trudeau in announcing the appointment on Oct. 13.
Bevan in recent years has been serving as chief of staff to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and as a senior adviser to Trudeau. He has remained mostly unknown and unrecognizable by the public, in comparison to Trudeau’s chief of staff Katie Telford….