Joe Hueglin
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Joe Hueglin | |
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Leader of the Progressive Canadian Party | |
In office November 30, 2016 – November 30, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Sinclair Stevens |
Succeeded by | Party dissolved |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Niagara Falls | |
In office October 30, 1972 – July 8, 1974 | |
Preceded by | Joe Greene |
Succeeded by | Roger Young |
Personal details | |
Born | Stratford, Ontario, Canada | February 7, 1937
Died | July 5, 2022[1] Burlington, Ontario, Canada | (aged 85)
Political party | Progressive Canadian Party (2003–2019) |
Other political affiliations | Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1972–2003) |
Profession | Teacher |
Joseph Fred Hueglin (February 7, 1937 – July 5, 2022) was a Canadian politician who was a Member of Parliament and a founder of the Progressive Canadian Party.
Born in Stratford, Ontario, Hueglin was elected to Parliament in 1972 in the riding of Niagara Falls as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC). In 1974 Hueglin was defeated by the Liberal candidate.
Within the Progressive Conservative Party, Hueglin was, along with David Orchard, among the most vocal opponents of the 2003 merger of Canada's two prominent right-wing parties, the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance, into the Conservative Party of Canada. He expressed discomfort over the way the merger took place - which involved PC leader Peter MacKay breaking an anti-merger promise he had made while campaigning to be the party leader. Hueglin also expressed discomfort over the "neoconservative" aspects of Alliance policy, which he feared might dominate the policies of the new party.
In 2004, Hueglin became a lead organizer for the Progressive Canadian Party, which he described as a centrist party.[2]
References
- ^ "Joseph Hueglin Obituary". Hamilton Spectator. 7 July 2022. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022 – via legacy.com.
- ^ "New 'PC party' registers with Elections Canada". CBC News. 29 March 2004. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
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