Bill Hogan Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Honourable
Bill Hogan
Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Office1:Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development
Term Start1:October 13, 2022
Premier1:Blaine Higgs
Predecessor1:Dominic Cardy
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
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.[1] Prior to his political career, Hogan was a schoolteacher and later principal of Woodstock High School in Woodstock, New Brunswick.

Political career

Hogan served on the town council for Woodstock, New Brunswick[2] 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–present)

On October 13, 2022, Hogan became Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, replacing Dominic Cardy who resigned.[3]

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.

In May 2023, the Hogan-led department announced that it was placing Policy 713 under review due to "concerns and misunderstandings of its implementation".[4] Hogan falsely claimed that there were "hundreds of complaints from parents and teachers" but did not provide evidence or details for the claim,[5] and its veracity was questioned by critics.[6] 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,[7] zero being made by either teachers or students.[8] 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.[9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Live New Brunswick election results 2020: Real-time results in the provincial election. 2020-09-15. Global News. en-US.
  2. Web site: Council.
  3. Web site: Cardy resigns as N.B. education minister, sends scorching letter to premier . 2022-10-15 . ca.news.yahoo.com . en-CA.
  4. Web site: N.B. reviews gender-identity policy in schools as supporters accuse minister of caving to anti-LGBTQ pressure. CBC. Poitras. Jacques. June 30, 2024. May 11, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230511124118/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-education-gender-policy-1.6836059. live.
  5. Web site: Parties trade barbs on 713 complaint emails . . en . June 30, 2024 . May 18, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230518130333/https://tj.news/telegraph-journal/102112451?ref=tw . live .
  6. News: Hina Alam. The Canadian Press . N.B. Human Rights Commission concerned over review of LGBTQ policy for schools . June 30, 2024 . . May 15, 2023 . en . September 3, 2023 . 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 . live .
  7. Web site: . Results of the Advocate's Investigation into the Decision of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development to Place Policy 713 Under Review . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230516164110/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60340d12be1db058065cdc10/t/646393b3a39d3e26e3d9f8a0/1684247476892/Policy+713+-+Findings+and+Recommendations.pdf . May 16, 2023 . June 30, 2024.
  8. News: Alam . Hina . N.B. youth advocate denounces province's decision to review LGBTQ school policy . June 30, 2024 . . . May 16, 2023.
  9. News: Glass . Marlo . August 1, 2023 . New Brunswick Education Department received no complaints about pronouns kept secret . . . live . June 30, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230801213226/https://globalnews.ca/news/9870075/nb-education-department-pronouns-no-complaints/ . August 1, 2023.
  10. News: July 31, 2023 . No written complaints from parents who felt kept in the dark by Policy 713 . . live . June 30, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230801213226/https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2250460739967 . August 1, 2023.