By Randall Palmer
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Former Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, 64, passed away on Thursday, just weeks after stepping down after eight years in his post, Canadian media reported.
He had been suffering acutely from a rare skin disease, but at the time of his resignation in March denied that the decision had anything to do with his health.
The Conservative politician, Canada's third longest-serving finance minister, helped steer the economy through the global financial crisis, leaving the country on track to balance its books by 2015.
He was replaced on March 19 by then-Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver, currently in Washington for a meeting of international finance officials.
Flaherty had planned to take some time off after the grueling schedule required of a Group of Seven finance minister, and was expected to eventually take on a role in the private sector.
The House of Commons suspended its session after news of Flaherty's death emerged.
(Reporting by Randall Palmer; Editing by Jeffrey Hodgson and Bernadette Baum)
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