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Longtime London MP Irene Mathyssen Dies at Age 75
Family and colleagues say Mathyssen, a former provincial and federal MP, died after a battle with cancer and left a long political legacy.
- On Monday, longtime NDP politician Irene Mathyssen died at age 75 following a battle with cancer, ending a career serving the London, Ont., region.
- Mathyssen began her political career in 1990 as an MPP for Middlesex, later serving as Ontario's tourism minister before shifting to federal politics in 2006 to represent London-Fanshawe.
- During her time as an MP, Mathyssen spearheaded a successful campaign to remove the federal sales tax from menstrual products, drawing on her background as an elementary school teacher.
- Friend Nadine Abi Raad remembered Mathyssen as a champion for the vulnerable, stating, "She was a voice for those who didn't have a voice."
- Mathyssen is survived by her husband, Keith, and her daughter, Lindsay Mathyssen, who succeeded her representing London-Fanshawe from 2019 until 2025.
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Longtime London MP Irene Mathyssen dies at age 75
OTTAWA - Longtime member of Parliament Irene Mathyssen, who served the London, Ont., region both provincially and federally under the NDP banner, has died at the age of 75.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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Irene Mathyssen, longtime London NDP MP and 'fierce advocate for human rights,' dead at 75
Irene Mathyssen, an NDP politician who represented London, Ont., at the federal and provincial level in an impressive political career that stretched back to 1990, has died. She was 75.
·Ottawa, Canada
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