TIMMINS -- A former member of Parliament from northern Ontario has passed away.
Reginald Belair has passed away at the Sensenbrenner Hospital in Kapuskasing as a result of renal failure and cancer.
He was 70-years-old.
Belair represented the riding of Cochrane-Superior from 1988-1997 and was a member of the House of Commons for the riding of Timmins-James Bay from 1997 - 2004.
He grew up in Opasatika.
Belair leaves behind his wife, two daughters, as well as siblings.
A funeral service is being held March 7 at 10:30 a.m. at the Immaculée-Conception church.
