Bill Hogan (politician)

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix =

| name = Bill Hogan

| honorific-suffix = MLA

| image = Bill Hogan 2023 cropped.jpg

| caption = Hogan in 2023

| office1 = Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development

| term_start1 = October 13, 2022

| term_end1 = November 2, 2024

| premier1 = Blaine Higgs

| predecessor1 = Dominic Cardy

| successor1 = Claire Johnson

| office2 = Minister of Public Safety

| term_start2 = February 23, 2021

| term_end2 = October 13, 2022

| predecessor2 = Ted Flemming (Justice and Public Safety)

| successor2 = Kris Austin

| assembly3 = New Brunswick Legislative

| constituency_AM3 = Carleton

| term_start3 = September 14, 2020

| predecessor3 = Stewart Fairgrieve

| party = Progressive Conservative

| occupation =

| alma_mater =

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Miramichi, New Brunswick

}}

Bill Hogan is a Canadian Progressive Conservative politician who has represented Carleton in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick since 2020.{{Cite web|title=Live New Brunswick election results 2020: Real-time results in the provincial election|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7329719/live-new-brunswick-election-results-2020/|access-date=2020-09-15|website=Global News|language=en-US}} Prior to his political career, Hogan was a schoolteacher and later principal of Woodstock High School in Woodstock, New Brunswick.{{Cite Twitter profile|bhogan1961}}

Political career

Hogan served on the town council for Woodstock, New Brunswick{{Cite web|url=http://town.woodstock.nb.ca/p/council|title = Council}} from 2010 until his election as MLA.

Hogan was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick at the 2020 New Brunswick general election as a member of the New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party.

On February 23, 2021, Hogan became the province's Minister of Public Safety.

= Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development (2022–2024) =

On October 13, 2022, Hogan became Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, replacing Dominic Cardy who resigned.{{Cite web |title=Cardy resigns as N.B. education minister, sends scorching letter to premier |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cardy-resigns-education-minister-suggests-144104390.html |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=ca.news.yahoo.com |language=en-CA}}

In March 2023, a former student at WHS while Hogan was principal wrote a letter to the River Valley Sun calling on Hogan to focus on student's mental health. The River Valley Sun had the letter issued in their monthly newspaper, however no response from Hogan came.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

In May 2023, the Hogan-led department announced that it was placing Policy 713 under review due to "concerns and misunderstandings of its implementation".{{cite web|title=N.B. reviews gender-identity policy in schools as supporters accuse minister of caving to anti-LGBTQ pressure|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-education-gender-policy-1.6836059|publisher=CBC|last1=Poitras|first1=Jacques|access-date=June 30, 2024|archive-date=May 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511124118/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-education-gender-policy-1.6836059|url-status=live}} Hogan stated that there were "hundreds of complaints from parents and teachers" but did not provide evidence or details for the claim,{{cite web |title=Parties trade barbs on 713 complaint emails |url=https://tj.news/telegraph-journal/102112451?ref=tw |website=Telegraph-Journal |language=en |access-date=June 30, 2024 |archive-date=May 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518130333/https://tj.news/telegraph-journal/102112451?ref=tw |url-status=live }} and its veracity was questioned by critics.{{cite news |author=Hina Alam|agency=The Canadian Press |title=N.B. Human Rights Commission concerned over review of LGBTQ policy for schools |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/n-b-human-rights-commission-concerned-over-review-of-lgbtq-policy-for-schools/article_923b9fa8-f333-5c05-bfd7-5e4ee4da31ed.html |access-date=June 30, 2024 |work=Toronto Star |date=May 15, 2023 |language=en |archive-date=September 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903135938/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/n-b-human-rights-commission-concerned-over-review-of-lgbtq-policy-for-schools/article_923b9fa8-f333-5c05-bfd7-5e4ee4da31ed.html |url-status=live }} On May 16, New Brunswick Child, Youth and Seniors' Advocate Kelly Lamrock published a 21-page report stating that his office had discovered three complaints,{{cite web |author=Kelly Lamrock |title=Results of the Advocate's Investigation into the Decision of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development to Place Policy 713 Under Review |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60340d12be1db058065cdc10/t/646393b3a39d3e26e3d9f8a0/1684247476892/Policy+713+-+Findings+and+Recommendations.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516164110/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60340d12be1db058065cdc10/t/646393b3a39d3e26e3d9f8a0/1684247476892/Policy+713+-+Findings+and+Recommendations.pdf |archive-date=May 16, 2023 |access-date=June 30, 2024}} zero being made by either teachers or students.{{cite news |last1=Alam |first1=Hina |title=N.B. youth advocate denounces province's decision to review LGBTQ school policy |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9702928/nb-youth-advocate-lgbtq-policy/ |access-date=June 30, 2024 |agency=The Canadian Press |work=Global News |date=May 16, 2023}} In late July, a freedom of information request filed by a University of New Brunswick professor found that the province had received no written complaints from parents claiming they were not told about changes in their child's name or pronouns.{{cite news |last1=Glass |first1=Marlo |date=August 1, 2023 |title=New Brunswick Education Department received no complaints about pronouns kept secret |work=Global News |agency=The Canadian Press |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9870075/nb-education-department-pronouns-no-complaints/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801213226/https://globalnews.ca/news/9870075/nb-education-department-pronouns-no-complaints/ |archive-date=August 1, 2023}}{{cite news |date=July 31, 2023 |title=No written complaints from parents who felt kept in the dark by Policy 713 |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2250460739967 |url-status=live |access-date=June 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801213226/https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2250460739967 |archive-date=August 1, 2023}}

Electoral record

=Woodstock-Hartland=

=Carleton=

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections New Brunswick{{cite web|title=Provincial Election Results |url=https://www.electionsnb.ca/content/enb/en/resources/publications/election-results.html |publisher=Elections New Brunswick}}|}}

References

Category:Living people

Category:Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs

Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Category:People from Woodstock, New Brunswick

Category:People from Carleton County, New Brunswick

Category:Canadian schoolteachers

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick