Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre on tour, eyeing run for Quebec Liberal leadership

MONTREAL — Former Montreal mayor and federal cabinet minister Denis Coderre says he’s going on tour ahead of a possible run for the leadership of the Quebec Liberal party.

Coderre, who lost the last two mayoral races to Valérie Plante, says there are a lot of people who want him to jump to provincial politics and he is seriously considering the idea.

He told a Montreal radio station today that he’ll be in Drummondville, Que., northeast of Montreal, on Saturday and that he plans to visit Quebec Liberal party organizers around the province.

Coderre suffered a stroke last year, but he says he is in full health and won’t let his past struggles define him.