Bill Hogan (politician)

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]

Bill Hogan MLA
Hogan in 2023
Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development
In office October 13, 2022 – November 2, 2024
Premier	Blaine Higgs
Preceded by	Dominic Cardy
Succeeded by	Claire Johnson
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

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 (2022–2024)

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 stated 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]

Electoral record

Woodstock-Hartland

v t e 2024 New Brunswick general election: Woodstock-Hartland
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Hogan	4,199	52.8%	+4.93
	Liberal	Marisa Pelkey	2,549	32.1%	+15.33
	People's Alliance	Charlie Webber	575	7.2%	-18.65
	Green	Jada Roche	276	3.5%	-4.37
	Independent	Ernest Culberson	209	2.6%
	New Democratic	Bo Sheaves	138	1.7%	+0.62
Total valid votes			7,946
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing
Source: Elections New Brunswick[12]

Carleton

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Hogan	3,536	47.87	+8.29
	People's Alliance	Graham Gill	1,909	25.85	-1.04
	Liberal	Theresa Blackburn	1,239	16.77	+0.89
	Green	Greg Crouse	581	7.87	-8.68
	New Democratic	Shawn Oldenburg	80	1.08	-0.01
	KISS	Andy Walton	41	0.56	New
Total valid votes			7,386	100.0
Total rejected ballots			35	0.47
Turnout			7,411	66.04
Eligible voters			11,222
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.67
Source: Elections New Brunswick[13]