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‘There is no greater guy in this place’: MPs celebrate outgoing Liberal MP Eyking

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While they were being celebrated in the House, MPs revelled in the retelling of Mark Eyking, pictured with former Liberal MP Paddy Torsney, and Rodger Cuzner's 2009 beaver-saving escapade on Sparks Street on their way home from D'Arcy McGee's Irish Pub. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY NEIL MOSS

May 20, 2019

MPs from all parties honoured Mark Eyking's federal service last week, and reminisced about his beaver-saving heroics. The 58-year-old Liberal MP announced last February that he would not be seeking re-election, ending a nearly 20-year career in the House. [caption id="atta...

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