Bill Rompkey and me: How a young PC staffer and a Liberal MP sparked a 20-year friendship

Remembering a 38-year Parliamentarian and a consummate gentleman.

Bill Rompkey, pictured, was the kind of guy you’d want to grow up to be, or show you the ropes in political Ottawa, writes Tim Powers.The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

March 29, 2017

OTTAWA—Class, grace, and kindness aren’t often words you hear associated with politicians nowadays. Bill Rompkey, the former cabinet minister, Senator, and long-time Parliamentarian who passed away last week at the age of 80, possessed them all. Rompkey was the kind of guy you’d want to grow u...

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