Réginald Bélair (April 6, 1949 – March 3, 2020) was a

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politician. Bélair was a Liberal member of the

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from 1988 to 2004, representing the riding of Cochrane—Superior until 1997 and subsequently 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 Hearst is a town in the district of Cochrane, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Mattawishkwia River in Northern Ontario, approximately west of Kapuskasing, approximately east of Thunder Bay along Highway 11. At Hearst, Highway 583 extend ...

. He served as a municipal councillor in

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for three years.

Retirement

In the 2004 federal election, electoral redistribution put Bélair's home area of Kapuskasing outside of Timmins—James Bay and into the newly named riding of 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Belair, Reginald 1949 births 2020 deaths Deaths from cancer in Ontario Franco-Ontarian people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Liberal Party of Canada MPs Ontario municipal councillors People from Kapuskasing People from Hearst, Ontario 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada