OBITUARY: ‘Hardest-working MP’ in Canada’s government was a strong voice for Mississauga [Video]

Former Mississauga South MP Paul Szabo served in office from 1993 until 2011. He died on Dec. 19 at age 76. (Photo: Arbor Memorial/Glen Oaks Funeral Home)

In serving as Mississauga South MP for 18 years, Paul Szabo made at least a few things abundantly clear — hard work was something he both valued greatly and demonstrated often, and children’s and family issues topped his list of priorities.

In fact, the Toronto-born Szabo, who represented his area of Mississauga in Ottawa from 1993 until 2011, was named by his fellow MPs the “hardest-working Member of Parliament” for three consecutive years from 2006 through 2008.

The longtime Mississauga resident and Liberal MP, a chartered accountant who opened a private accounting practice in Mississauga in 1990, was also known as a strong promoter of children’s issues. He introduced private member’s legislation to deliver stiffer criminal sentences for abusers of women and children …