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Monique Bégin, left, with former Liberal caucus mate Judy Erola at an April 2019 party commemorating the patriation of the Constitution in Ottawa, died on Sept. 8 at the age of 87.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

September 13, 2023

Monique Bégin, one of Quebec’s first female MPs and a former Liberal cabinet minister, died on Sept. 8. According to a statement from her...

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