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Former Mississauga South MP Paul Szabo served in workplace from 1993 till 2011. He died on Dec. 19 at age 76. (Picture: Arbor Memorial/Glen Oaks Funeral House)
In serving as Mississauga South MP for 18 years, Paul Szabo made no less than just a few issues abundantly clear — arduous work was one thing he each valued enormously and demonstrated typically, and kids’s and household points topped his record of priorities.
The truth is, the Toronto-born Szabo, who represented his space of Mississauga in Ottawa from 1993 till 2011, was named by his fellow MPs the “hardest-working Member of Parliament” for 3 consecutive years from 2006 by 2008.
The longtime Mississauga resident and Liberal MP, a chartered accountant who opened a non-public accounting apply in Mississauga in 1990, was also called a powerful promoter of kids’s points. He launched personal member’s laws to ship stiffer prison sentences for abusers of girls and kids and he backed higher funding for maternal and parental go away.
Szabo, who stood and spoke within the Home on greater than 2,000 events throughout his almost 20 years in Ottawa representing his Mississauga constituents, died on Dec. 19 in Mississauga. He was 76.
Szabo “passed away peacefully, with his loving family by his side,” an internet obituary reads. “Paul was the devoted husband of his wife, Linda, for 53 years, proudly sharing three children — Aaron Matthew, Reagan Anne and Whitney Jean — and four grandchildren.”
The obituary additionally famous Szabo demonstrated “a love of community” all through his life and was a director for the Mississauga Hospital (Trillium Well being Companions, Mississauga).
In 2004, after 11 years as MP, Szabo confronted a critical problem from Charles Sousa for the Liberal nomination within the south Mississauga using.
Sousa had appreciable help from many on the left throughout the Liberal Get together whereas the incumbent Szabo had ample help on the precise.
Szabo received out in an in depth contest, defeating Sousa 966 votes to 838.
Often known as one of many extra socially conservative members of the Liberal caucus, Szabo turned concerned in politics lengthy earlier than his victory in 1993. He was the Liberal candidate in Mississauga South in 1980 and 1984, shedding each instances to Conservative Don Blenkarn, the primary time by 473 votes.
Szabo’s time in Ottawa got here to an finish in 2011 when he was defeated within the using and the Conservatives received a majority authorities.
As additional proof of his dedication to standing up and talking within the Home on behalf of his using, Szabo was reported to have spoken essentially the most phrases through the thirty eighth Parliament (154,683) from 2004 to 2005. He ranked first once more within the thirty ninth Parliament.
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