For the 21st century New Brunswick politician, see Ted Flemming (politician).
The Honourable
Hugh John Flemming
PC
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Carleton-Charlotte
In office June 25, 1968 – October 30, 1972
Preceded by
Riding established
Succeeded by
Fred McCain
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Victoria-Carleton
In office June 18, 1962 – June 25, 1968
Preceded by
Gage Montgomery
Succeeded by
Riding abolished
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Royal
In office October 31, 1960 – June 18, 1962
Preceded by
Alfred J. Brooks
Succeeded by
Gordon Fairweather
MLA for Carleton
In office August 28, 1944 – October 31, 1960
Serving with Fred C. Squires, Gladstone W. Perry, Jack Fraser, Fred McCain, Harrison Monteith, A. Edison Stairs
Preceded by
Edwin W. Melville
Succeeded by
Richard Hatfield
24th Premier of New Brunswick
In office October 8, 1952 – July 11, 1960
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Lieutenant Governor
David L. MacLaren Joseph Leonard O'Brien
Preceded by
John B. McNair
Succeeded by
Louis Robichaud
Personal details
Born
(1899-01-05)January 5, 1899 Peel, New Brunswick, Canada
Died
October 16, 1982(1982-10-16) (aged 83) Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Resting place
Methodist Church Cemetery
Political party
Progressive Conservative
Spouse
Aida McAnn
(m. 1946)
Hugh John FlemmingPC (January 5, 1899 – October 16, 1982) was a politician and the 24th premier of New Brunswick from 1952 to 1960.
He is always known as "Hugh John". Born in Peel, New Brunswick, Canada, the son of James Kidd Flemming, Premier of New Brunswick from 1911 to 1914, Hugh John Flemming was first elected to the province's Legislative Assembly in 1944 after more than twenty years as a municipal councillor. In 1951 he became leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leading the party to victory on 22 September 1952. Flemming would then lead the 42nd New Brunswick Legislature, which ran from 11 February 1952 to 17 April 1956. He and his party were re-elected to govern the 43rd New Brunswick Legislature.
As Premier during two terms, Flemming modernized the province's hydro system, built the Beechwood Dam, then the largest hydro-electric project in the province, and presented a balanced budget every year in office.[citation needed]
Universal health care, which had been proposed formally by the St. Laurent government at the 1955 federal-provincial summit on taxation, would become his nemesis because of his reluctance to sink the budget of the province.[1]
In 1960 his government was defeated because of the hospital tax, which had been set by his government at $50 per capita and which the Liberals promised to abolish while maintaining a balanced budget, and the Liberal promises to reform alcohol sales, and to revive the moose hunt.[2]
Following the defeat of his provincial government, he was named Minister of Forestry in the cabinet of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. 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 House of Commons of Canada in 1972. He became Minister of National Revenue in 1962, but in 1963 the then-minority government was defeated by the 25th Canadian Parliament, and he would spend his remaining years in Parliament on the opposition benches. Flemming died in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
^Michel Cormier, Louis J. Robichaud - une révolution si peu tranquille, p.67
^Michel Cormier, Louis J. Robichaud - une révolution si peu tranquille, p.101
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