Nigel Wright and I belonged to opposing political parties. We had differing views about politics. We didn’t move in the same circles.

And, full disclosure: my ex-wife was Wright’s partner for many years. They met in the office of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

Nigel and I didn’t socialize, me being a hardcore Alberta Liberal, and him being a hardcore Ontario Conservative. We weren’t friends, per se.

So, I did not ask my wife-to-be much about him. But, eventually, I learned a few things. A picture emerged.

Nigel Wright was adopted and brought up in a loving, good family. His parents were not wealthy, and Wright worked very hard for everything he got. He was a deeply religious Anglican who, for a time, contemplated the priesthood.

He devoted himself to his studies and charitable causes,

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