Don Mazankowski Touched the Hearts of the Nation

VOL. 73 NO. 45

Michelle Pinon News Advertiser

The Right Honourable Donald (Don) Mazankowski passed away at the age of 85 on October 28.

In a statement released from the family on Oct. 28, it read in part that “he passed away peacefully last night surrounded by family.

While Canadians knew him as Canada’s 4th Deputy Prime Minister, and a long-time federal cabinet minister, to his friends and colleagues he was known as simply “Maz”. However, first and foremost he was a loving husband, father, grandfather and greatgrandfather, a legacy that he shared with his partner in life, his wife Lorraine.”

Lakeland MP Shannon Stubbs stood in the House of Commons on October 29 when they held a moment of silence. The following day she made a members statement to pay tribute to Mazankowski.

“The Right Honourable Don Mazankowski served Canadians with dignity and integrity for more than 20 years as the MP for Vegreville. As Deputy Prime Minister, he was called “The Minister of Everything”, where apparently the Prime Minister’s instructions to

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Some of the items in the Mazankowski collection. (Submitted/Photos)