Réginald Bélair
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Réginald Bélair | |
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Timmins-James Bay | |
In office June 2, 1997 – June 28, 2004 | |
Preceded by | None (riding created) |
Succeeded by | Charlie Angus |
Member of Parliament for Cochrane—Superior | |
In office November 21, 1988 – June 2, 1997 | |
Preceded by | Keith Penner |
Succeeded by | None (riding dissolved) |
Personal details | |
Born | April 6, 1949 Hearst, Ontario, Canada |
Died | March 3, 2020 Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada | (aged 70)
Political party | Liberal |
Réginald Bélair (April 6, 1949 – March 3, 2020) was a Canadian politician.
Bélair was a
Timmins-James Bay
. Bélair also worked as an administrator, a manager, and a political assistant. In the House of Commons, Bélair was a Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole, and was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works (Public Works and Government Services) and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Supply and Services (Public Works and Government Services).
Bélair was born in Hearst, Ontario. He served as a municipal councillor in Kapuskasing for three years.
Retirement
In the
Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, an extension of the Algoma—Manitoulin riding held by Liberal colleague Brent St. Denis
. Bélair at first announced that he might seek the Liberal nomination in Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, then announced his retirement instead.
He died from cancer at a hospital in Kapuskasing on March 3, 2020, at the age of seventy.[2]
References
- ^ "Ontario Town May Get Mill". The New York Times. 9 July 1991. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ^ Grech, Ron (March 4, 2020). "Former Timmins MP Rég Bélair dies". The Timmins Daily Press. Retrieved March 6, 2020.