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Conservative dean Deepak Obhrai dies at 69, MPs honour his service to Canada

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Deepak Obhrai was a Conservative from 1997 until his death on Aug. 2. The Hill Times file photograph

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BY NEIL MOSS

August 7, 2019

The Conservative Party's longest-serving MP, Deepak Obhrai, died on Aug. 2. He was 69. Then a Reform MP, Mr. Obhrai first won a seat in the House of Commons in 1997. He went on to be re-elected subsequently as an Alliance and Conservative MP over the next six elections. [caption id="attachm...

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