What is Paul Dewar?
[[File:Paul_Dewar_2012-02-12.jpg|thumb|Paul Dewar, February 12, 2012]] '''Paul W. Dewar''' (January 25, 1963 &ndash; February 6, 2019) was a [[Canadian]] educator and politician. He was born in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]]. He was the [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]] (NDP) [[Members of the Canadian House of Commons|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the riding of [[Ottawa Centre]] from 2006 to 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/outgoing-ndp-mp-paul-dewar-named-party-s-senior-transition-adviser-1.3288333|title=Paul Dewar named NDP's senior transition adviser|website=cbc.ca|access-date=17 February 2018}}</ref> On February 14, 2018, Dewer had surgery for a [[brain tumour]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/paul-dewar-cancer-1.4540578|title=Support pours in after former MP Paul Dewar diagnosed with brain tumour|date=17 February 2018|work=[[CBC News]]|access-date=17 February 2018}}</ref> He was later diagnosed with terminal [[glioblastoma]], a rare form of [[brain cancer]].<ref>Dewar, P. (2018, June 12). Interview by Robyn Bresnahan [Ottawa Morning]. Ottawa: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.</ref> Dewar died from the disease on February 6, 2019 in Ottawa, aged 56.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/glen_mcgregor/status/1093280812538187776|title=CTV News can confirm that long-time Ottawa Centre MP Paul Dewar has died. He served three terms as MP, and as his party's foreign affairs critic. He also ran for the party leadership.|last=McGregor|first=Glen|date=2019-02-06|website=@glen_mcgregor|language=en|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dewar, Paul}} [[Category:1963 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Canadian school teachers]] [[Category:Politicians from Ontario]] [[Category:People from Ottawa]] {{bio-stub}}