Two Liberal warhorses passed away recently

Without Alfonso Gagliano in Quebec and Ron Irwin in Ontario, Jean Chrétien’s almost unprecedented majority three-peat would never have happened.

Alfonso Gagliano, who died on Dec. 12, 2020, was a former public works minister under prime minister Jean Chrétien. Pictured outside the Gomery Inquiry in Ottawa on Feb. 1, 2005, he was also a backroom operator and the prime minister's Quebec lieutenant who got caught up in the Liberal government's sponsorship scandal. The Hill Times file photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

December 21, 2020

Two Liberal warhorses passed away within days of each other recently. Both served as ministers in the government of Jean Chrétien and were best known for their love of the political side of politics. Ron Irwin had politics in his blood. He loved the Liberal Party almost as much as his beloved hom...

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