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| Rank: | 24th | |
| Term of Office: | 1952 - July 11, 1960 | |
| Predecessor: | John B. McNair | |
| Successor: | Louis J. Robichaud | |
| Date of Birth: | January 5, 1899 | |
| Place of Birth: | Peel , New Brunswick | |
| Spouse: | ? | |
| Profession: | Lumberman , MerchantMerchants function as professional traders, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves. Merchants can be categorised into two types: # A wholesale merchant operates in the chain between producer and retail merchant. Some wholesale merchant | |
| Political PartyA political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues. In party-list proportional representation, parties (and sometimes multi-party cartels) can play a functional role in the voting system.: | Progressive ConservativeThe Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a political party in New Brunswick, Canada. It has its origins in the pre- Canadian confederation Conservative Party that opposed the granting of responsible government to the colony. Conservative sup | |
Flemming was first elected to the province's Legislative AssemblyNote: This article is about the Legislative Assemblies in the British context. For other usages, see the end of this article''. A Legislative Assembly in British constitutional thought is the second-to-top or third-to-top tier of a government led by a Gov in 1944Events World War II January January 4 The Battle of Monte Cassino begins. January 5 Murder of Danish playwright Kaj Munck January 17 British forces, in Italy, cross the Garigliano River. January 20 The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin; after more than twenty years as a municipal councillorA councillor is a member of a council (such as a city council), particularly in the U. and its former colonies. The US equivalent is councilman or councilwoman''. It is not the same as a counselor, who provides counsel or advice. Councillors In the United. In 1951 he became leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leading the party to victory in 1952. As Premier, Flemming modernized the province's hydro system and presented a balanced budget every year in office. In 1960 his government was defeated over the issue of hospital taxes.
Follow the defeat of his provincial government, he was named minister of forestry in the cabinet of Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker and later became became Minister of National Revenue in 1962. He sought a seat in a by-election in southern New Brunswick in 1960 and was re-elected to his home district four times before he retired from the Canadian House of Commons in 1972.
Throughout his years as a public servant, Hugh John Flemming distinguished himself as a man of honesty and integrity. His family-run lumber mill in the village of Juniper, New Brunswick ran into financial difficulties in the late 1970s, but his impeccable reputation was such that his friend, but staunch Liberal Party supporter, Harrison McCain, organized an investment campaign that raised sufficient capital from businessmen to allow the mill to make a financial recovery. The company today is now owned by Nexfor Inc. of Toronto, Ontario.
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Preceded by: John B. McNair 1952-1960 |
Premier of New Brunswick 1952-1960 |
Succeeded by: Louis Robichaud 1960-1970 |