A funeral will be held today for long time Huron Bruce Liberal MPP Murray Gaunt.
The popular politician and farm broadcaster died this week at the age of 73.
Hundreds of people are expected to attend the funeral at 2 PM this afternoon at the Presbyterian Church in Wingham.
Gaunt was MPP for Huron Bruce from 1962 until 1981 and a staunch supporter of the farm community.
He was President of the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Hall in 2005.
Gaunt is also known for his farm broadcasts on TV and Radio from 1981 to 1999.
There will be a celebration of Murray Gaunt’s life after the church ceremony at Wescast in Wingham.