List of members of the Canadian Parliament who died in office (2000–)
The following is a list of members of the Canadian Parliament who died while they were serving their terms after 2000.
Senate[edit]
| Member | Party | Province/Division
|
Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gildas Molgat | Liberal | Manitoba (Sainte-Rose) |
February 28, 2001 | 74 | Stroke[1] | |
| Jean-Maurice Simard | Progressive Conservative | New Brunswick (Edmundston) |
June 16, 2001 | 69 | ||
| Ron Duhamel | Liberal | Manitoba (Manitoba) |
September 30, 2002 | 64 | Cancer[2] | |
| C. William Doody | Progressive Conservative | Newfoundland and Labrador (Harbour Bell-Main Island) |
December 27, 2005 | 74 | ||
| Shirley Maheu | Liberal | Quebec (Rougemont) |
February 1, 2006 | 74 | ||
| Michael Forrestall | Conservative | Nova Scotia (Dartmouth-Eastern Shore) |
June 8, 2006 | 73 | ||
| Fred Dickson | Conservative | Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia) |
February 9, 2012 | 74 | Colon cancer[3] | |
| Doug Finley | Conservative | Ontario (Ontario-South Coast) |
May 11, 2013 | 66 | Cancer[4] | |
| Pierre Claude Nolin | Conservative | Quebec (De Salaberry) |
April 23, 2015 | 64 | Cancer[5] | |
| Tobias Enverga[6] | Conservative | Ontario (Ontario) |
November 16, 2017 | 61 | ||
| Elaine McCoy | Canadian Senators Group | Alberta (Alberta) |
December 29, 2020 | 74 | ||
| Judith Keating | Independent Senators Group | New Brunswick (New Brunswick) |
July 15, 2021 | 64 | ||
| Josée Forest-Niesing | Independent Senators Group | Ontario (Ontario) |
November 20, 2021 | 59 | COVID-19[7] | |
| Ian Shugart | Independent | Ontario (Ontario) |
October 25, 2023 | 66 | Cancer[8] | |
House of Commons[edit]
| Member | Party | Province/Riding
|
Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence D. O'Brien | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador (Labrador) |
December 16, 2004 | 53 | Cancer[9] | |
| Chuck Cadman | Independent | British Columbia (Surrey North) |
July 9, 2005 | 57 | Malignant melanoma[10] | |
| Benoît Sauvageau | Bloc Québécois | Quebec (Terrebonne) |
August 28, 2006 | 42 | Car accident[11] | |
| Jack Layton | New Democratic Party | Ontario (Toronto—Danforth) |
August 22, 2011 | 61 | Cancer[12] | |
| Jim Flaherty | Conservative | Ontario (Whitby—Oshawa) |
April 10, 2014 | 64 | Heart attack[13] | |
| Jim Hillyer | Conservative | Alberta (Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner) |
March 23, 2016 | 41 | Heart failure caused by acute myeloid leukemia[14] | |
| Mauril Bélanger | Liberal | Ontario (Ottawa—Vanier) |
August 15, 2016 | 61 | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis[15] | |
| Arnold Chan | Liberal | Ontario (Scarborough—Agincourt) |
September 14, 2017 | 50 | Nasopharyngeal cancer[16] | |
| Gord Brown | Conservative | Ontario (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes) |
May 2, 2018 | 57 | Heart attack[17] | |
| Mark Warawa | Conservative | British Columbia (Langley—Aldergrove) |
June 20, 2019 | 69 | Pancreatic cancer[18] | |
| Deepak Obhrai | Conservative | Alberta (Calgary Forest Lawn) |
August 2, 2019 | 69 | Liver cancer[19] | |
| Jim Carr | Liberal | Manitoba (Winnipeg South Centre) |
December 12, 2022 | 71 | Multiple myeloma[20] | |
See also[edit]
- List of members of the Canadian Parliament who died in office (1867–1899)
- List of members of the Canadian Parliament who died in office (1900–1949)
- List of members of the Canadian Parliament who died in office (1950–1999)
References[edit]
- ^ "Senator Gildas Molgat dies at 74". CBC News. February 28, 2001. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
- ^ "Senator Ron Duhamel dies". CBC News. October 1, 2002. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ^ "N.S. Senator Dickson dies at 74". The Chronicle Herald.
- ^ "Senator Doug Finley dies from cancer at age 66". CBC. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ "HFP.ca". Retrieved April 25, 2015.
- ^ "Sen. Tobias Enverga dies in Colombia on parliamentary trip". CBC News. November 16, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- ^ Sen. Josée Forest-Niesing, 56, dies following struggle with COVID-19 CBC News, November 20, 2021
- ^ "Ian Shugart, former clerk of the Privy Council, dies at age 66". CBC News. October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
- ^ "Liberal MP dies of cancer at 53". CBC News. December 17, 2004. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ^ "Independent MP Cadman dies". CBC News. July 9, 2005. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
- ^ CTV.ca | BQ MP Benoit Sauvageau killed in traffic accident Archived March 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Canada opposition leader Jack Layton dies after second cancer battle". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 23, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ^ "Former finance minister Jim Flaherty is dead at 64". The Globe and Mail. April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
- ^ "Conservative MP Jim Hillyer dies in office". Global News. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "MP Mauril Belanger passes away after battle with ALS". The Globe and Mail, August 16, 2016.
- ^ Wherry, Aaron (September 14, 2017). "Liberal MP Arnold Chan dies after battle with cancer". CBC News. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ Harris, Kathleen (May 2, 2018). "'Incredibly decent man': Conservative MP Gord Brown dies after heart attack in Parliament Hill office". CBC News. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ "B.C. MP Mark Warawa dies after 'valiant battle' with cancer". CBC News. June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
- ^ "Canadian Press NewsAlert: Conservative MP Deepak Obhra dies of cancer". nationalpost.com. August 3, 2019.
- ^ Tunney, Catharine (December 12, 2022). "Jim Carr, Manitoba MP and former cabinet minister, dies after battle with cancer". CBC. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
External links[edit]
- "Parliamentarians". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 22 December 2022.