was later elected founding chair of the Ontario Association of Former Parliamentarians. In 1999 Shea was inducted as rector of St Hilda's parish in Toronto and Chairman and CEO of St Hilda's Towers, a 500-bed independent and assisted living seniors residence including extended convalescent care facilities. In 2002 he was installed as a canon in the Diocese of Toronto. In 2004, Shea endorsed Frank Klees's bid to lead the Ontario PC Party. In 2007 Shea was appointed by the government of Canada to the 9 member National Seniors Council and in the same year he completed his training with the International Elections Monitoring Institute. A friend of Mike Harris's, he officiated the former Premier's wedding to Laura Maguire in 2005. Shea died of cancer at Toronto General Hospital on August 15, 2015 at age 77. He was predeceased by his wife, Julia, and survived by his partner, Christine Schubert. References External links 1937 births 2015 deaths Canadian Anglican priests Laurentian University alumni Metropolitan Toronto councillors Politicians from Hamilton, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Toronto city councillors University of Toronto alumni University of Western Ontario alumni