Hugh Segal, a prominent figure in Canadian politics for more than five decades, has died. He was 72.
Segal’s career included public service as chief of staff to prime minister Brian Mulroney and Ontario premier Bill Davis, as a senator and most recently as principal of the University of Toronto’s Massey College. He also worked as a columnist, author and pundit.
A long-time aide to Segal confirmed news of his death to CBC News.
Segal was born in Montreal in 1950 and got involved in politics from a young age. At 21, he was the Progressive Conservative candidate in Ottawa Centre in the 1972
