Beryl Gaffney (born April 1, 1930) is a

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former politician and public servant. She served as a city councillor in

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from 1978 to 1988 serving concurrently on the council of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. Born in

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, she was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the

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MP for

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in the 1988 federal election and was re-elected in

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and served as chair of the Standing Committee on Human Rights and the Status of Disabled Persons from 1994 to 1996. During this period she was diagnosed with a brain tumour and, after successful surgery, was able to return to the House of Commons to resume her valuable contribution to health issues. She did not run for re-election in 1997. In 1998, Gaffney was appointed to the Board of Governors of the

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by Foreign Minister

Lloyd Axworthy Lloyd Norman Axworthy (born December 21, 1939) is a Canadian politician, elder statesman and academic. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Following his retirement from parliament ...

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