Overview
- Onex announced Wright’s death on Tuesday and did not disclose a cause.
- Wright spent nearly three decades at Onex, led its London office, and was praised by CEO Bobby LeBlanc and chair Gerry Schwartz.
- He served as Stephen Harper’s chief of staff from 2011 to 2013 before departing during the Senate expenses controversy.
- In 2013 he personally paid more than $90,000 to Senator Mike Duffy, which the federal ethics commissioner later found breached conflict-of-interest rules.
- The RCMP said there was no evidence to support criminal charges against Wright, as condolences poured in from Harper, Conservative figures, and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.