By Canadian Press

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Federal Auditor General Michael Ferguson dies

Feb 2, 2019 | 4:18 PM

OTTAWA — Michael Ferguson, Canada’s auditor general for the past seven years, has died.

His office says Ferguson died surrounded by his wife, Georgina, and sons, Malcolm and Geoffrey.

Craig Scott, a university professor who serves on a panel of advisers to the auditor general, says Ferguson’s cancer had returned in recent weeks.

Ferguson was appointed auditor general by then prime minister Stephen Harper in November 2011.

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Prior to holding that post, he served a variety of roles in the New Brunswick government, including five years as the province’s auditor general.

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