entry into the race after some Liberals feared the top tier of contenders were supporting right-wing policies. On the last weekend before the registration cutoff on January 14, 2013, Cauchon was trying to gather the 300 signatures needed to enter the leadership race. Fellow leadership contender David Bertschi sent out an email to Liberals asking for their help to get enough signatures so that Cauchon could enter the contest. On April 14, 2013, he lost the leadership election to Montreal MP Justin Trudeau. Legal-post political career Prior to his political career, Cauchon practised law in civil and commercial litigation from 1985 to 1993. Following his exit from politics Cauchon returned to practicing law. From 2004 to 2012 he practised commercial law at Gowling Lafleur Henderson. In February 2012, Cauchon joined the firm of Heenan Blaikie in Montreal. He is now counsel at the Montreal office of DS Lawyers Canada LLP. He is also member of numerous boards. Between March 2015 and August 2019, he also bought from the Desmarais family the newspaper chain that he baptized Groupe Capitales Médias (Le Nouvelliste, Le Quotidien, Le Soleil, La Tribune , La Voix de l'est and Ontario-based Le Droit) and he asked Claude Gagnon to manage it for him. Faced with lower subscription rate, declining advertising rates and delays in federal government aid, it ended in bankruptcy protection and relaunched as a coop In December 2019. Cauchon's passage in the medias happened during a very tumultuous period for the medias business. Nevertheless, he has made a contribution in modernizing the business model. He also argued for the importance of regional newspapers for maintaining a strong democracy. Electoral record Charlevoix References External links Martin Cauchon's Official Website 1962 births Living people Lawyers in Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the 26th Canadian Ministry Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada University of Ottawa alumni Alumni of the University of Exeter University of Ottawa Faculty of Law alumni