Politicians and other prominent Montrealers are remembering the life of Warren Allmand, the longtime Liberal MP and solicitor-general who has passed away at the age of 84.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted, "Warren Allmand's legacy will live on in the enormous contributions he made to Canada." Allmand served in several high-profile cabinet posts under his father's government in the 1970's. Perhaps the most significant of these was as solicitor general, when he introduced legislation in 1976 that would abolish the death penalty in Canada.
"It was just a very common and human touch that he had with people," said Russell Copeland, the borough mayor of Cote-des-Nieges--Notre-Dame-de-Grace, which Allmand represented as a federal MP for three decades. Copeland is just one of many local politicians from the neighbourhood to offer their respects to their native son.
Allmand also served a single term as a city councillor for Union Montreal, from 2005-2009. To honour his service to the city, Mayor Denis Coderre indicated over Twitter that the flags at city hall will fly at half-mast.