Joe Hueglin

Joe Hueglin
Leader of the Progressive Canadian Party
In office November 30, 2016 – November 30, 2019
Preceded by	Sinclair Stevens
Succeeded by	Position abolished
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	Joseph Fred Hueglin (1937-02-07)February 7, 1937 Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Died	July 5, 2022(2022-07-05) (aged 85)[1] Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Progressive Canadian (2003–2019)
Other political affiliations	Progressive Conservative (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

1. "Joseph Hueglin Obituary". Hamilton Spectator. July 7, 2022. Archived from the original on July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022 – via legacy.com.
2. "New 'PC party' registers with Elections Canada". CBC News. March 29, 2004. Archived from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2021.

External links

• Joe Hueglin – Parliament of Canada biography