Hugh Segal, a prominent figure in Canadian politics for more than five decades, has died. He was 72.
Hugh Segal, a one-time leadership candidate for the Progressive Conservatives, is shown speaking to party members in 1998. Segal, who served as chief of staff to Ontario premier Bill Davis and prime minister Brian Mulroney, has died at age 72.
"It is with great sadness that we share the news of Hugh's passing. A loving husband to Donna and doting father to Jacqueline, Hugh passed away yesterday evening in Kingston, Ontario, surrounded by family," Segal's family said in a statement. Segal served as an aide to Progressive Conservative leader Robert Stanfield, and later as an aide to Ontario premier Bill Davis. He would become Davis's chief of staff and, from 1992 to 1993, was chief of staff to Mulroney. He ran for leadership of the Progressive Conservatives in 1998, finishing second to Joe Clark.Though Segal was a Conservative, Liberal prime minister Paul Martin appointed him to the Senate in 2005.
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