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‘A very classy man’: Ex-Trudeau and Turner minister Ed Lumley has died

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Former Ontario MP Ed Lumley, left, pictured with Tom Axworthy in 2019. Lumley, who served in various roles in both Pierre Trudeau and John Turner's respective cabinets, died on April 16, aged 85. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

April 23, 2025

Ed Lumley, who served in Pierre Trudeau and John Turner’s respective cabinets, died on April 16, aged 85. He’d had many health challenges including a recent illness, according to the Cornwall Standard-Freeholder...

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