seen as emblematic of the growing financial, partisan and cultural issues surrounding the Ottawa civil service. Pitfield served from the mid-1980s until 2002 as vice chairman of Power Corporation, and then was Director Emeritus of the company. Pitfield's two decades of service to the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation were recognized by the establishment of the Michael Pitfield Chair in Cardiac Surgery at the Institute. In later years, he developed Parkinson's disease and worked to raise awareness of the condition. Pitfield resigned from the Senate on June 1, 2010. He fathered three children (Caroline, Thomas and Kate) before his death on October 18, 2017, and was predeceased by his wife Nancy in 1999. He lived in Westmount, Quebec, for many years. Archives There is Peter Michael Pitfield fonds at Library and Archives Canada. See also List of Ontario senators Books References External links 1937 births 2017 deaths Canadian Anglicans Lawyers from Montreal Canadian senators from Ontario Clerks of the Privy Council (Canada) Independent Canadian senators Power Corporation of Canada McGill University Faculty of Law alumni Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Neurological disease deaths in Quebec Anglophone Quebec people Politicians from Montreal St. Lawrence University alumni Officers of the Order of Canada 21st-century Canadian politicians Canadian Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Deaths from Parkinson's disease