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Winnipeg MP and former Liberal cabinet minister Jim Carr dies after long illness

Dec 12, 2022 | 11:34 AM

OTTAWA — Jim Carr, a Liberal MP from Winnipeg and a former cabinet minister, has died. He was 71.

Winnipeg MP Kevin Lamoureux asked the House of Commons for a moment of silence before question period today.

The parties then agreed to suspend the House for the rest of the day. 

Carr had represented the riding of Winnipeg South Centre for the Liberals since 2015.