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Max Khan the councillor for Ward 6 in Oakville and the nominated Federal Liberal candidate for North Oakville/Burlington has passed away. He was a resident of Oakville for the past 25 years, and served as a town councillor since 2006.



Aside from sitting on City Council, Max was very active within his community. He previously sat on the Board of Directors for Oakville Hydro, and is currently the Legal Advisor for the Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton. He was supported in his bid to become the Liberal candidate by Oakville Mayor Rob Burton along with five councillors.



Mayor Rob Burton issued the following statement at approximately 3:00 AM, March 29, 2015.



"It is with extreme sadness that I must inform you that our friend and colleague Max Khan passed away Saturday night shortly after midnight. I understand he went to the hospital around 7pm with a variety of pneumonia-like symptoms. He had told several of us that he had been suffering with what he believed to be a flu for several days."



"Wor ds cannot express my profound sadness and grief as I personally try to process how this 46 year old, three time cancer survivor can be taken from us so quickly and unexpectedly. Max was simply a great guy and I am going to miss him dearly," stated Jeff Knoll, Town & Regional Councillor Ward 5.

Max loved his family and friends, always being the strong shoulder to lean on," posted Pam Damoff on her facebook page.