deaths
August 17, 2012
John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1930)
John Lynch-Staunton
John George Lynch-Staunton was a Canadian senator, who served as interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, from December 2003 to March 2004. He represented the Senate division of Grandville, Quebec. Lynch-Staunton was the first Senator to lead a federal political party since Arthur Meighen from 1941 to 1942.
August 17
August 17 is the 229th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 136 days remain until the end of the year.