Former Kelowna MP Werner Schmidt has died.
Schmidt represented the Okanagan Centre, Kelowna, and Kelowna-Lake Country ridings from 1993 to 2006 for the Reform Party, Canadian Alliance, and the Conservative Party.
He was succeeded in 2006 by city councillor Ron Cannan.
“My heart was saddened when I heard the news,” Cannan said. “He was a strong man of faith and loved the Lord.
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