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Bill Graham, pictured in 2006 when he was the interim Liberal leader following Paul Martin’s defeat. Graham, a former federal Liberal foreign affairs minister and defence minister, died on Sunday, Aug. 7, at the 83, of cancer. The Hill Times file photograph
Bill Graham, pictured in 2006 when he was the interim Liberal leader following Paul Martin’s defeat. Graham, a former federal Liberal foreign affairs minister and defence minister, died on Sunday, Aug. 7, at the 83, of cancer. The Hill Times file photograph
Then-Conservative Party leadership candidate Andrew Scheer is showered in confetti after he is announced as the newly elected leader at the party's convention in Toronto on May 27, 2017. After 13 rounds, the Saskatchewan MP emerged victorious to defeat frontrunner Maxime Bernier. Scheer remained leader until December 2019, after a disappointing federal election result for the party prompted calls for his resignation. Bernier, meanwhile, lost his Quebec seat in the 2019 election under the People's Party of Canada banner. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Then-Conservative Party leadership candidate Andrew Scheer is showered in confetti after he is announced as the newly elected leader at the party's convention in Toronto on May 27, 2017. After 13 rounds, the Saskatchewan MP emerged victorious to defeat frontrunner Maxime Bernier. Scheer remained leader until December 2019, after a disappointing federal election result for the party prompted calls for his resignation. Bernier, meanwhile, lost his Quebec seat in the 2019 election under the People's Party of Canada banner. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Former senator Mike Duffy arrives at the Ottawa courthouse on April 29, 2015. Duffy was on trial for 31 criminal charges brought against him resulting from an expense scandal resulting in his nearly two-year suspension from the Red Chamber. After a lengthy trial he was cleared of all charges in 2016. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Former senator Mike Duffy arrives at the Ottawa courthouse on April 29, 2015. Duffy was on trial for 31 criminal charges brought against him resulting from an expense scandal resulting in his nearly two-year suspension from the Red Chamber. After a lengthy trial he was cleared of all charges in 2016. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
A man sits at the controls of a bail loader in front of Centre Block on Wellington Street during a demonstration by farmers in Ottawa on April 8, 2004. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
A man sits at the controls of a bail loader in front of Centre Block on Wellington Street during a demonstration by farmers in Ottawa on April 8, 2004. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Former prime minister Paul Martin talks with students at Ottawa's Technical High School in downtown Ottawa on April 14, 2005, at an event marking the 20th anniversary of the coming into force of Section 15, the equality provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Former prime minister Paul Martin talks with students at Ottawa's Technical High School in downtown Ottawa on April 14, 2005, at an event marking the 20th anniversary of the coming into force of Section 15, the equality provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Conservative MP Peter McKay, then the national defence minister, enters a changing room at a municipal rink in Stittsville, Ont., on April 22, 2013, where a number of Conservative MPs laced up their skates for a charity hockey match to raise funds for muscular dystrophy. The party’s fundraising efforts brought in $5,900. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Conservative MP Peter McKay, then the national defence minister, enters a changing room at a municipal rink in Stittsville, Ont., on April 22, 2013, where a number of Conservative MPs laced up their skates for a charity hockey match to raise funds for muscular dystrophy. The party’s fundraising efforts brought in $5,900. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Former finance minister John Manley kicks off his bid for the Liberal Party leadership with his children at an event in Ottawa on April 10, 2003. After campaigning that spring, Manley chose to withdraw from the leadership contest in July 2003, citing a lack of support from party membership that instead favoured Paul Martin as Jean Chrétien's replacement. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Former finance minister John Manley kicks off his bid for the Liberal Party leadership with his children at an event in Ottawa on April 10, 2003. After campaigning that spring, Manley chose to withdraw from the leadership contest in July 2003, citing a lack of support from party membership that instead favoured Paul Martin as Jean Chrétien's replacement. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Then prime minister Stephen Harper, flanked by Laureen Harper, hugs then labour minister Kellie Leitch on the Hill after former finance minister Jim Flaherty died on April 10, 2014. Flaherty, 64, died a month after resigning as finance minister in his Ottawa condo in the Byward Market. Leitch, who is a doctor and lived in the same building as Flaherty, performed CPR on Flaherty before the paramedics arrived. But he was pronounced dead at his condominium. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Then prime minister Stephen Harper, flanked by Laureen Harper, hugs then labour minister Kellie Leitch on the Hill after former finance minister Jim Flaherty died on April 10, 2014. Flaherty, 64, died a month after resigning as finance minister in his Ottawa condo in the Byward Market. Leitch, who is a doctor and lived in the same building as Flaherty, performed CPR on Flaherty before the paramedics arrived. But he was pronounced dead at his condominium. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Then-deputy Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff with then Liberal MP Sue Barnes, then Liberal staffer Richard Wackid (who worked in the Liberal Whip’s Office for years and who has since died), and then Liberal MP Karen Redman, pictured at a Liberal caucus meeting on the Hill on March 29, 2007. Ignatieff lost the 2006 leadership to Stéphane Dion, but won the party’s leadership in 2009. He went to lead the Liberals to the worst defeat in their history in the 2011 election, winning only 34 seats. Ignatieff lost his own seat. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Then-deputy Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff with then Liberal MP Sue Barnes, then Liberal staffer Richard Wackid (who worked in the Liberal Whip’s Office for years and who has since died), and then Liberal MP Karen Redman, pictured at a Liberal caucus meeting on the Hill on March 29, 2007. Ignatieff lost the 2006 leadership to Stéphane Dion, but won the party’s leadership in 2009. He went to lead the Liberals to the worst defeat in their history in the 2011 election, winning only 34 seats. Ignatieff lost his own seat. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Liberal MP Bob Rae, pictured in a scrum in the Commons foyer on March 25, 2010, with CBC’s Rosemary Barton and The Globe and Mail’s Bill Curry, left, holding up redacted pages hiding information on the torture of hundreds of Afghan detainees during Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan, which began in 2001 and ended in 2014. In 2009, former Canadian diplomat Richard Colvin, who served 17 months in Afghanistan, said Canada acted with ‘complicity in torture’ when it handed over Afghan detainees to the Afghan National Security Forces.  The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Liberal MP Bob Rae, pictured in a scrum in the Commons foyer on March 25, 2010, with CBC’s Rosemary Barton and The Globe and Mail’s Bill Curry, left, holding up redacted pages hiding information on the torture of hundreds of Afghan detainees during Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan, which began in 2001 and ended in 2014. In 2009, former Canadian diplomat Richard Colvin, who served 17 months in Afghanistan, said Canada acted with ‘complicity in torture’ when it handed over Afghan detainees to the Afghan National Security Forces.  The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Protesters, pictured March 20, 2008, out in support of Tibet on Parliament Hill, during the 2008 uprising in Tibet and a series of protests and demonstrations against the Chinese government’s treatment and persecution of Tibetans. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster
Protesters, pictured March 20, 2008, out in support of Tibet on Parliament Hill, during the 2008 uprising in Tibet and a series of protests and demonstrations against the Chinese government’s treatment and persecution of Tibetans. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster
Comedian, actor, and writer Rick Mercer, left, pictured March 26, 2007, taking an escalator in front of then Liberal MP Belinda Stronach and Brian Tobin, former Chrétien-era cabinet minister and former Newfoundland and Labrador premier, at Canada 2020’s Crossing Boundaries Conference. The conference featured Josée Verner, Frank McKenna, Salman Rushdie, Tim Flannery, Chris Anderson, Shaun Graham, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright 
Comedian, actor, and writer Rick Mercer, left, pictured March 26, 2007, taking an escalator in front of then Liberal MP Belinda Stronach and Brian Tobin, former Chrétien-era cabinet minister and former Newfoundland and Labrador premier, at Canada 2020’s Crossing Boundaries Conference. The conference featured Josée Verner, Frank McKenna, Salman Rushdie, Tim Flannery, Chris Anderson, Shaun Graham, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright 
Former prime minister Stephen Harper, pictured on March 17, 2005, with his wife Laureen, at the Conservative Party’s convention in Montreal. Harper went on to win a minority government in the 2006 federal election becoming the 22nd prime minister of Canada. He won another minority in the 2008 election and a majority win in the 2011 election, but was defeated in the 2015 election by Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Former prime minister Stephen Harper, pictured on March 17, 2005, with his wife Laureen, at the Conservative Party’s convention in Montreal. Harper went on to win a minority government in the 2006 federal election becoming the 22nd prime minister of Canada. He won another minority in the 2008 election and a majority win in the 2011 election, but was defeated in the 2015 election by Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Then-governor general Michaëlle Jean, pictured on Jan. 13, 2010, the day after an earthquake devastated Haiti. Jean, who is originally from Haiti, met for an emergency meeting at the Department of Foreign Affairs with then prime minister Stephen Harper. The earthquake left an estimated 220,000 to 300,000 people dead, three million people affected, and 250,000 homes and 30,000 buildings devastated or severely damaged. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Then-governor general Michaëlle Jean, pictured on Jan. 13, 2010, the day after an earthquake devastated Haiti. Jean, who is originally from Haiti, met for an emergency meeting at the Department of Foreign Affairs with then prime minister Stephen Harper. The earthquake left an estimated 220,000 to 300,000 people dead, three million people affected, and 250,000 homes and 30,000 buildings devastated or severely damaged. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Former NDP leader Alexa McDonough, pictured in 2018, died on Jan. 15 in Halifax at the age of 77 after a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease. McDonough led the federal NDP from 1995 to 2003, and served as an MP for Halifax from 1997 to 2008. The Hill Times file photograph
Former NDP leader Alexa McDonough, pictured in 2018, died on Jan. 15 in Halifax at the age of 77 after a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease. McDonough led the federal NDP from 1995 to 2003, and served as an MP for Halifax from 1997 to 2008. The Hill Times file photograph
Former and late Grit MP Joe Comuzzi, who chaired the House Transport Committee, pictured left, with then transport minister David Collenette in November 2003. After Collenette was grilled by MPs over VIA Rail funding, Comuzzi tried to dance with him. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Former and late Grit MP Joe Comuzzi, who chaired the House Transport Committee, pictured left, with then transport minister David Collenette in November 2003. After Collenette was grilled by MPs over VIA Rail funding, Comuzzi tried to dance with him. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Conrad Sauvé, then Secretary General and CEO of the Canadian Red Cross and carrying the Olympic torch, pictured on the Hill on Dec. 12, 2009, with then prime minister Stephen Harper, RBC Royal Bank’s Jeff Boyd. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Conrad Sauvé, then Secretary General and CEO of the Canadian Red Cross and carrying the Olympic torch, pictured on the Hill on Dec. 12, 2009, with then prime minister Stephen Harper, RBC Royal Bank’s Jeff Boyd. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Kelly Murumets, president of ParticipACTION, left, Conservative cabinet minister Gary Lunn, Laureen Harper, Rachel Harper, and former Olympian Carolyn Waldo, pictured with the Olympic torch at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Dec. 12, 2009. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Kelly Murumets, president of ParticipACTION, left, Conservative cabinet minister Gary Lunn, Laureen Harper, Rachel Harper, and former Olympian Carolyn Waldo, pictured with the Olympic torch at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Dec. 12, 2009. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Then NDP MP Paul Dewar and NDP Hill staffer Theresa Kavanagh, pictured on the Hill on Dec. 4, 2008. Dewar was a popular Ottawa Centre MP who died of cancer on Feb. 6, 2019, and Kavanagh is now an Ottawa city councillor. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Then NDP MP Paul Dewar and NDP Hill staffer Theresa Kavanagh, pictured on the Hill on Dec. 4, 2008. Dewar was a popular Ottawa Centre MP who died of cancer on Feb. 6, 2019, and Kavanagh is now an Ottawa city councillor. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Then prime minister Stephen Harper, pictured on Dec. 4, 2008, departing Rideau Hall where he successfully asked governor general Michaëlle Jean to suspend Parliament, avoiding a non-confidence vote in the House of Commons. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright
Then prime minister Stephen Harper, pictured on Dec. 4, 2008, departing Rideau Hall where he successfully asked governor general Michaëlle Jean to suspend Parliament, avoiding a non-confidence vote in the House of Commons. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright
Then prime minister Stephen Harper, pictured on Dec. 4, 2008, arriving at Rideau Hall where he successfully asked governor general Michaëlle Jean to suspend Parliament, avoiding a non-confidence vote in the House of Commons. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright
Then prime minister Stephen Harper, pictured on Dec. 4, 2008, arriving at Rideau Hall where he successfully asked governor general Michaëlle Jean to suspend Parliament, avoiding a non-confidence vote in the House of Commons. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright
The now late John Turner, who was prime minister of Canada in 1984, pictured at the National Archives in Ottawa, in December 2008, flanked by a photograph of former prime minister Wilfrid Laurier. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
The now late John Turner, who was prime minister of Canada in 1984, pictured at the National Archives in Ottawa, in December 2008, flanked by a photograph of former prime minister Wilfrid Laurier. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Liberal MP and leadership candidate Joe Volpe, centre, pictured with his wife Mirella, on Dec. 2, 2006, at the Liberal leadership convention in Montreal along with his entourage, including his staffer, Ian Perkins, left, and then MP Massimo Pacetti, left rear. Volpe did not win the leadership. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Liberal MP and leadership candidate Joe Volpe, centre, pictured with his wife Mirella, on Dec. 2, 2006, at the Liberal leadership convention in Montreal along with his entourage, including his staffer, Ian Perkins, left, and then MP Massimo Pacetti, left rear. Volpe did not win the leadership. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Then-Conservative MP Gary Lunn, who represented Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C., from 1997 to 2011, including time as a federal cabinet minister, and then-Conservative Senator Nicole Eaton, pictured on Dec. 5, 2006, at the Conservative Leaders’ Circle at the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Then-Conservative MP Gary Lunn, who represented Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C., from 1997 to 2011, including time as a federal cabinet minister, and then-Conservative Senator Nicole Eaton, pictured on Dec. 5, 2006, at the Conservative Leaders’ Circle at the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
MP Joe Comuzzi, left, pictured in December 2007, with then-CTV’s Mike Duffy, and former Conservative MP Elsie Wayne (1993-2004), pictured in the Commons foyer. Comuzzi represented Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont., from 1988 until 2008, and served as the Liberal MP and minister of state before he resigned from cabinet in 2005 over his opposition to the same-sex marriage bail and was later kicked out of the Liberal caucus on March 21, 2007, for pledging his support for the Conservative budget. He joined the Conservatives on June 26, 2007. He did not run for election in 2008. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
MP Joe Comuzzi, left, pictured in December 2007, with then-CTV’s Mike Duffy, and former Conservative MP Elsie Wayne (1993-2004), pictured in the Commons foyer. Comuzzi represented Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont., from 1988 until 2008, and served as the Liberal MP and minister of state before he resigned from cabinet in 2005 over his opposition to the same-sex marriage bail and was later kicked out of the Liberal caucus on March 21, 2007, for pledging his support for the Conservative budget. He joined the Conservatives on June 26, 2007. He did not run for election in 2008. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Conservative MP and cabinet minister Chuck Strahl (1993-2011 in the House), in a scrum on Dec. 4, 2008, on the Hill after then prime minister Stephen Harper asked the GG to suspend Parliament to avoid a non-confidence vote in the House. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Conservative MP and cabinet minister Chuck Strahl (1993-2011 in the House), in a scrum on Dec. 4, 2008, on the Hill after then prime minister Stephen Harper asked the GG to suspend Parliament to avoid a non-confidence vote in the House. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Former Liberal MP Ethel Blondin-Andrew, 67, who represented the Western Arctic, N.W.T., from 1988 to 2006, was the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the House of Commons. A former teacher and deputy minister in the territorial government, Ms. Blondin-Andrew later served as minister of state for northern development under prime minister Jean Chrétien and minister of state for children and the North under prime minister Paul Martin. She was also the first Indigenous woman to be a member of the Privy Council and cabinet. She was defeated in 2006. Ms. Blondin-Andrew stepped down as the chair of the Sahtu Secretariat Incorporated last May after serving nine years in the position. The Hill Times file photograph
Former Liberal MP Ethel Blondin-Andrew, 67, who represented the Western Arctic, N.W.T., from 1988 to 2006, was the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the House of Commons. A former teacher and deputy minister in the territorial government, Ms. Blondin-Andrew later served as minister of state for northern development under prime minister Jean Chrétien and minister of state for children and the North under prime minister Paul Martin. She was also the first Indigenous woman to be a member of the Privy Council and cabinet. She was defeated in 2006. Ms. Blondin-Andrew stepped down as the chair of the Sahtu Secretariat Incorporated last May after serving nine years in the position. The Hill Times file photograph
FeatureBY JIM CRESKEY | October 15, 2018
It was July 4, 1990, and a Fourth of July party that a young Jim Watson didn't want to miss. Mr. Watson, who was working as the illustrious director of communications for then House Speaker John Fraser, is pictured here shaking the hand of then-U.S. ambassador Ed Ney who was ambassador to Canada from 1989 to 1992. Ney had injured his right hand which is why he was wearing a glove. With his wife, Judy, the former CEO of New York ad firm Young and Rubicam, turned the American embassy’s Independence Day party at his official residence in Ottawa's Rockcliffe neighbourhood into the city’s most celebrated social event of the summer. Ney died in 2014 at the age of 88. Mr. Watson, who publicly boycotted the U.S. Embassy's 2018 Fourth of July party, went on to serve as an Ontario Liberal provincial cabinet minister and today is mayor of Ottawa where he just happens to be running for re-election next Monday, Oct. 22.—by Jim Creskey The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy
FeatureBY JIM CRESKEY | October 15, 2018
FeatureBY JIM CRESKEY | October 15, 2018
It was July 4, 1990, and a Fourth of July party that a young Jim Watson didn't want to miss. Mr. Watson, who was working as the illustrious director of communications for then House Speaker John Fraser, is pictured here shaking the hand of then-U.S. ambassador Ed Ney who was ambassador to Canada from 1989 to 1992. Ney had injured his right hand which is why he was wearing a glove. With his wife, Judy, the former CEO of New York ad firm Young and Rubicam, turned the American embassy’s Independence Day party at his official residence in Ottawa's Rockcliffe neighbourhood into the city’s most celebrated social event of the summer. Ney died in 2014 at the age of 88. Mr. Watson, who publicly boycotted the U.S. Embassy's 2018 Fourth of July party, went on to serve as an Ontario Liberal provincial cabinet minister and today is mayor of Ottawa where he just happens to be running for re-election next Monday, Oct. 22.—by Jim Creskey The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | October 8, 2018
NDP MP Jim Fulton, pictured in this undated photograph during the 34th Parliament in his Confederation Building office on the Hill, represented the far-flung Skeena, B.C., riding from 1979 to 1993, and was one of the most effective NDP MPs ever to sit in the House. The former probation officer was a star in Question Period and in media scrums. He was smart, funny, and knew what he was talking about, plus he believed in what he did. A big bulk of a man who stood at more than six feet tall, he was known as outrageously controversial and passionate about the environment and First Nations. The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | October 8, 2018
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | October 8, 2018
NDP MP Jim Fulton, pictured in this undated photograph during the 34th Parliament in his Confederation Building office on the Hill, represented the far-flung Skeena, B.C., riding from 1979 to 1993, and was one of the most effective NDP MPs ever to sit in the House. The former probation officer was a star in Question Period and in media scrums. He was smart, funny, and knew what he was talking about, plus he believed in what he did. A big bulk of a man who stood at more than six feet tall, he was known as outrageously controversial and passionate about the environment and First Nations. The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy