Hazen Argue | |
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3rd Leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | |
In office August 11, 1960 – August 2, 1961 | |
Preceded by | M. J. Coldwell |
Succeeded by | Tommy Douglas (as leader of the NDP) |
Senator for Regina, Saskatchewan | |
In office February 24, 1966 – October 2, 1991 | |
Appointed by | Lester B. Pearson |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Assiniboia | |
In office 1949–1963 | |
Preceded by | Edward McCullough |
Succeeded by | Lawrence Watson |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Wood Mountain | |
In office 1945–1949 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Donnelly |
Succeeded by | District abolished (1947) |
Personal details | |
Born | Hazen Robert Argue January 6, 1921 Kayville, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Died | October 2, 1991 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | (aged 70)
Political party | CCF (1945–1961) New Democratic Party (1961–1962) Liberal (1962–1991) |
Cabinet | Minister of State (Canadian Wheat Board) (1980–1984) |
Committees | Chair, Special Committee on Preventive Health Care Chair, Standing Committee on Agriculture |
Hazen Robert Argue PC (January 6, 1921 – October 2, 1991) was a Canadian politician who served in the House of Commons and the Senate. He was first elected as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) Member of Parliament (MP) in 1945 and was the last leader of the party, from 1960 to 1961. He crossed the floor to the Liberal Party in 1962 and was defeated in 1963. In 1966 he was appointed to the Senate. He entered the federal cabinet in 1980, as the only Saskatchewan representative, with responsibilities for the Canadian Wheat Board. He is well known for being a strong proponent of the proposed Canadian annexation of the Turks and Caicos Islands.[1] He was the first senator ever to have been charged with fraud, in 1989. The charges were eventually dropped.