Wright personally re-paid $90,000 in expense claims to Mike Duffy, a Conservative senator at the time

OTTAWA — Nigel Wright, who served as chief of staff to former prime minister Stephen Harper, has died at 62, according to Onex Corporation, where he worked for most of his adult life.

Wright worked for Harper from 2010 to 2013 and found himself ensnared in a Senate expense scandal when it was revealed that he had personally given $90,000 to Mike Duffy, a Conservative senator at the time, to reimburse the treasury for money he had claimed in housing expenses that were under scrutiny.

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Harper said that he and wife Laureen were “shocked and heartbroken” to learn of Wright’s “sudden passing” in a social media post.

“A unique and deeply accomplished person, Nigel combi

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