{"id":105986,"date":"2025-05-08T10:21:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editionap.ca\/?p=105986"},"modified":"2025-12-16T05:10:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T04:10:51","slug":"former-mma-fighter-launches-federal-campaign-as-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refletnews.ca\/en\/politique\/former-mma-fighter-launches-federal-campaign-as-independent\/","title":{"rendered":"Former MMA fighter launches federal campaign as Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jason St. Louis, who ran as an independent candidate in this year\u2019s provincial election, will once again appear on the ballot\u2014this time in next month\u2019s federal election.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">St. Louis, a former mixed martial artist (MMA) with several national and world titles from a 35-year career, was born in Cornwall. He now lives in Russell, Ont., and is the father of three children.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">After watching businesses shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic, including one of his own, St. Louis began to take an interest in politics. He pursued a law degree and now works as both a paralegal and a driving instructor.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">While he acknowledged that winning was unlikely in the provincial election\u2014Progressive Conservative candidate and incumbent St\u00e9phane Sarrazin was re-elected in Glengarry\u2013Prescott\u2013Russell\u2014St. Louis said his goal was to make his voice heard, share his platform and offer voters an alternative.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cI just had all these ideas, and I needed to educate myself more on the issues people were concerned with provincially and now federally,\u201d St. Louis said in an interview with The Vision. \u201cI gained some confidence when I ran in the provincial election and just said, I have so much more to do. I still want people to have another option, a different voice, and give them the transparency they need.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">As an independent candidate, St. Louis said he has followed all sides of the political spectrum and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to party promises that, in his view, are often broken. He said he and other like-minded individuals are forming an association of independent candidates.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cWe want to have a group where independent candidates support each other and promise to share everything with constituents in our ridings,\u201d said St. Louis. \u201cWe need to stand together and show people that we promise to be your voice at the federal level.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">St. Louis is one of six candidates running in the newly realigned riding of Prescott\u2013Russell\u2013Cumberland. The riding, formerly known as Glengarry\u2013Prescott\u2013Russell, now includes parts of eastern Ottawa (Ramsayville, Mer Bleue, Carlsbad Springs) as well as Clarence-Rockland, Hawkesbury, The Nation, Casselman, and the townships of Alfred and Plantagenet, Champlain, East Hawkesbury and Russell.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">More information is available at his website: jasonstlouis.ca.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason St. Louis, who ran as an independent candidate in this year\u2019s provincial election, will once again appear on the ballot\u2014this time in next month\u2019s federal election.\u00a0 St. Louis, a former mixed martial artist (MMA) with several national and world titles from a 35-year career, was born in Cornwall. 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