Political Passages: Our tributes to parliamentarians who have passed away

It is with great sadness that we learned that our colleague the Honourable Eugene Whelan passed away on February 19, 2013.  Information about Mr. Whelan's many accomplishments can be found in this article -- http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/windsorstar/obituary.aspx?n=eugene-whel...
 

It is with great sadness that we learned that our colleague the Right Honourable Martial Asselin, former Senator, passed away on January 25, 2013. Information about Mr. Asselin's many accomplishments can be found in this article -- http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/martial-asselin

It is with great sadness that we learned that our colleague the Hon. John Wise, former MP, passed away on January 9, 2013. Information about Mr. Wise's many accomplishments can be found in this article -- http://www.atlanticfarmfocus.ca/Opinion/2013-01-11/article-3154694/John-Wise-dies/1
 

It is with great sadness that we learned that our colleague the Hon. Laurier LaPierre, former Senator, passed away on December 16, 2012.  Information about Mr. LaPierre's many accomplishments can be found in this article - http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/12/17/pol-senator-laurier-lap...

It is with great sadness that we learned that our colleague the Hon. Robert Kaplan, former MP and Cabinet Minister, passed away on November 5, 2012.  Information about Mr. Kaplan's many accomplishments is available in this Globe and Mail article - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/robert-kaplan-father-of-csis-dies-at-age-75/article4953428/. 

It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing on October 21, 2012 of the Hon. Harvie André, a former MP and Cabinet Minister from Alberta.  Additional information is available here - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2012/10/22/calgary-harve-andre-obituary.html.  Our condolences to his friends and family.