The report finding former Conservative MP Helena Guergis violated the parliamentary code of ethics when she wrote a recommendation for a constituent whose business was linked to her husband may be the final nail in the coffin of the Guergis political empire.
And as political empires go, the Guergis one in Ontario's Simcoe Country was impressive.
Helena Guergis' grandfather, who immigrated to Canada after being subjected to life in a refugee camp on the border of Iraq and Turkey during the First World War, was elected reeve of Essa Township in the 1970s.
Subsequent generations followed in "Grandpa George's" footsteps and chose politics as a way to serve their communities.
At one point, there were four Guergis family members serving as elected officials in the Simcoe region.
Helena Guergis' sister, Christine Brayford, was a councillor in Alliston, while her cousin, Tony Guergis, was mayor of Springwater and his brother, David, was mayor of Essa. Helena Guergis, of course, was an elected Member of Parliament.
In civic elections last fall, Brayford was defeated in her run at the deputy mayor's chair in Alliston.
Both Tony Guergis and David Guergis were ousted from their jobs partly because of controversy surrounding support for the waste dump known as Site 41.
Tony Guergis was also criticized for his stance to dissolve the Nottawasaga Conservation Authority.
"Voters rejected the Guergis family in a big way because they had come to symbolize behind-closed-doors politicking," Kate Harries, a board member of the grassroots community group AWARE Simcoe, told the Toronto Star.
Helena Guergis' high-profile controversies - being booted out of the Conservative caucus because of perceived improprieties and Thursday's report from the ethics commissioner, likely put an end to her once promising political career.
She lost her bid to win her riding again as an independent in the May 2 election.
The Guergis family was once dubbed the Kennedy's of Simcoe County. After almost four decades, this dynasty appears to have come to an end.
