Longtime London politician Irene Mathyssen dies at 75

London-Fanshawe MP Irene Mathyssen speaks in London, Ont. on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.

Irene Mathyssen has died at the age of 75.

Mathyssen was a former teacher who was first elected to Queen’s Park in 1990 as a member of Bob Rae’s New Democrats Party.

She later moved to federal politics, representing London-Fanshawe in the House of Commons.

Mathyssen was elected as an MP in 2006 and re-elected in the next three federal elections.