Grandfathers and Andrew Leslie

Andrew Leslie: Running for the Liberal nomination in Ottawa-Orleans is an echo of his grandfathers' political efforts, but only one of many ways in which Leslie's life has mirrored his father's and his grandfathers' lives. , according to Huffington Post. David Bercuson, who first met Leslie in the 1990s when Leslie was a colonel at CFB Edmonton, says duty and history are "a huge part" of what drives the retired general. Retired general Andrew Leslie might have expected the verbal jostling that comes with the rough and tumble of politics after all, both of his grandfathers served as Liberal defence ministers. His maternal grandfather, Brooke Claxton, was defence minister when Canada joined the international organization that would later take charge of the war in Afghanistan, and under which Leslie served as deputy commander of s International Security Assistance Force in 2003. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.