Well-known MP, MPP Daryl Kramp passes away – Kingston | 24CA News
Tributes and condolences are have been provided Friday following the loss of life of Daryl Kramp.
The veteran politician handed away Thursday on the age of 76.
“For a backbench MP on Parliament Hill, he punched above his weight,” mentioned Bay of Quinte MPP Todd Smith, who served alongside Kramp following the 2018 provincial election, and was additionally a buddy of Kramp’s.
Kramp was the Conservative MP for the previous Hastings Prince Edward driving from 2004 till 2015.
He got here again to politics in 2018 and received the provincial driving of Hastings Lennox and Addington as a Progressive Conservative however didn’t run for re-election in 2022.
Many individuals are remembering the person.
“Just a big barrel of laughs. A wise man and a great friend,” mentioned Smith on Friday.
“I think the best thing I can remember him [by] is his smile,” added Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis, who additionally served as Mayor when Kramp was MP within the neighbouring driving of Prince Edward-Hastings.
“Personable, knowledgeable, down to earth, someone who could be approached in virtually any circumstance and the type of person that many of us consider a role model,” mentioned Prince Edward County Mayor Steve Ferguson.
Kramp got here from humble political beginnings as a municipal councillor and reeve in Madoc.
For Smith and Ellis, there are too many accomplishments to depend.
“He brought a lot of investment to the area. Every time I drive by that massive VIA station in Belleville I think of Daryl Kramp,” mentioned Smith.
“I think the biggest accomplishment that Daryl achieved for the City of Belleville, plus all of the other things he did for the riding, was the pool in the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre, the addition on that,” added Ellis.
Perhaps one in all his biggest achievements got here in 2021, when one in all Kramp’s daughters, Shelby Kramp-Neuman, ran for and received the federal seat in her father’s outdated driving of Hastings-Lennox and Addington.
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