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‘I started there with Mr. Trudeau and I finished with Mr. Trudeau’: longtime Parliamentary Restaurant stalwart Marguerite Charlebois retires

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Put a tie on: Marguerite Charlebois, left, made sure all male diners at the Parliamentary Restaurant, including Liberal MP Mark Eyking, right, pictured in 2009, wore the customary tie. Photograph courtesy of Mitchel Raphael

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BY Neil Moss

July 15, 2019

For 38 years, Marguerite Charlebois could be found amongst prime ministers, cabinet ministers, MPs, and Senators at the historic Parliamentary Restaurant. The red-haired Ms. Charlebois started working at the restaurant during the Pierre Trudeau government, arriving for her shift on Jan. 21, ...

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