Bill Hogan

Canadian politician

The Honourable Bill Hogan MLA
Hogan in 2023

Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development
Incumbent
Assumed office October 13, 2022
Premier	Blaine Higgs
Preceded by	Dominic Cardy
Minister of Public Safety
In office February 23, 2021 – October 13, 2022
Preceded by	Ted Flemming (Justice and Public Safety)
Succeeded by	Kris Austin
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Carleton
Incumbent
Assumed office September 14, 2020
Preceded by	Stewart Fairgrieve

Personal details
Born	Miramichi, New Brunswick
Political party	Progressive Conservative

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.^[2]

Political career

Hogan served on the town council for Woodstock, New Brunswick^[3] from 2010 until his election as MLA.

Hogan was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick at the 2020 New Brunswick general election^[1] 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.^[4]

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]}

In May 2023, the Hogan-led department announced that it was placing Policy 713 under review due to "concerns and misunderstandings of its implementation".^[5] Hogan falsely claimed that there were "hundreds of complaints from parents and teachers" but did not provide evidence or details for the claim,^[6] and its veracity was questioned by critics.^[7] 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,^[8] zero being made by either teachers or students.^[9] 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.^[10]^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b "Live New Brunswick election results 2020: Real-time results in the provincial election". Global News. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
^ "@bhogan1961" on Twitter
^ "Council".
^ "Cardy resigns as N.B. education minister, sends scorching letter to premier". ca.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
^ Poitras, Jacques. "N.B. reviews gender-identity policy in schools as supporters accuse minister of caving to anti-LGBTQ pressure". CBC. Archived from the original on May 11, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^ "Parties trade barbs on 713 complaint emails". Telegraph-Journal. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^ Hina Alam (May 15, 2023). "N.B. Human Rights Commission concerned over review of LGBTQ policy for schools". Toronto Star. The Canadian Press. Archived from the original on September 3, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^ Kelly Lamrock. "Results of the Advocate's Investigation into the Decision of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development to Place Policy 713 Under Review" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on May 16, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^ Alam, Hina (May 16, 2023). "N.B. youth advocate denounces province's decision to review LGBTQ school policy". Global News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^ Glass, Marlo (August 1, 2023). "New Brunswick Education Department received no complaints about pronouns kept secret". Global News. The Canadian Press. Archived from the original on August 1, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^ "No written complaints from parents who felt kept in the dark by Policy 713". CBC News. July 31, 2023. Archived from the original on August 1, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2024.