Douglas Hazen

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The Honourable Sir John Douglas Hazen PC KCMG
Sir Douglas Hazen
13th Premier of New Brunswick
In office 24 March 1908 – 10 October 1911
Monarchs	Edward VII George V
Lieutenant Governor	Lemuel John Tweedie
Preceded by	Clifford W. Robinson
Succeeded by	James K. Flemming
MLA for Sunbury
In office 18 February 1899 – 10 October 1911 Serving with Parker Glasier
Preceded by	David Morrow
Succeeded by	George A. Perley
Member of the Canadian Parliament for City and County of St. John
In office 5 March 1891 – 23 June 1896 Serving with Charles N. Skinner, John A. Chesley
Preceded by	Charles Nelson Skinner
Succeeded by	John Alexander Chesley
In office 27 October 1911 – 11 October 1917
Preceded by	John Waterhouse Daniel
Succeeded by	District was abolished in 1914
Mayor of Fredericton, New Brunswick
In office 1888–1889
Administrator of New Brunswick
In office 31 October 1917 – 6 November 1917
Preceded by	William Pugsley
Succeeded by	William Frederick Todd
Personal details
Born	(1860-06-05)5 June 1860 Oromocto, New Brunswick, British North America
Died	27 December 1937(1937-12-27) (aged 77) Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Party	Conservative
Spouse	Ada C. Tibbits ​ (m. 1884)​
Children	Douglas King, James Murray, Kate Elizabeth, Frances Edith and Ada Althea
Alma mater	University of New Brunswick
Occupation	Lawyer, judge
Profession	Politician
Military service
Years of service	1880-1898
Rank	Paymaster
Unit	5th Company 71st York Battalion of Infantry and 3rd Battalion New Brunswick Regiment

Sir John Douglas Hazen, PC, KCMG (5 June 1860 – 27 December 1937) was a politician in New Brunswick, Canada.

Biography

Known by his second name, Douglas, he entered politics in 1885 when he was elected as an alderman for Fredericton City Council. He became mayor in 1888.

Hazen was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative candidate in the 1891 federal election. He lost his seat in the 1896 election that defeated the Conservatives and brought Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals to power.

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1899, and became leader of the opposition. Hazen rebuilt the Conservative Party which had been out of power since 1883. He led the party into government in the 1908 provincial election.

As premier, Hazen fought political corruption and attempts by the federal government to reduce the Maritime provinces' representation in the federal House of Commons.

Douglas Hazen left provincial politics in 1911 to become federal Minister of Marine and Fisheries and Minister of the Naval Service in the government of Sir Robert Borden. During the First World War, he served in the Imperial War Cabinet. Hazen left politics in October 1917 to become Chief Justice of New Brunswick.

For his years of service to The Crown and to Canada, in 1918 Douglas Hazen was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George by King George V. On 11 November 1923 (Armistice Day), he gave the dedicatory address at the unveiling of the Fredericton Cenotaph in Fredericton.

Hazen died in 1937 at age seventy-seven and was interred in the Fernhill Cemetery in Saint John, New Brunswick. Sir Douglas Hazen Park in Oromocto, New Brunswick and Sir Douglas Hazen Hall at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John are named in his honour.

Hazen was the father of King Hazen.

By-election on 27 October 1911 On Mr. Daniel's resignation, 17 October 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J.D. Hazen	acclaimed

Electoral record

1891 Canadian federal election: City and County of St. John
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative	John Douglas Hazen	4,824	–	Y
	Liberal	C.N. Skinner	4,448	–	Y
	Liberal	Charles Wesley Weldon	3,832	–
	Unknown	T.A. Rankine	3,503	–

1896 Canadian federal election: City and County of St. John
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Joseph John Tucker	3,924	–	Y
	Conservative	John Douglas Hazen	3,733	–	Y
	Independent	D.J. McLaughlin	1,495	–

References

• Douglas Hazen – Parliament of Canada biography
• Brief bio and fonds listing, UNB^{[link removed]}
• Biography, Government of New Brunswick
• http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/hazen_john_douglas_16E.html

Further reading

• Arthur T. Doyle, Front Benches and Back Rooms: A story of corruption, muckraking, raw partisanship and political intrigue in New Brunswick, Toronto: Green Tree Publishing, 1976.
• "Former Chief Justice of N.B. Dead". The Ottawa Journal. 27 December 1937. p. 13. Retrieved 24 December 2016 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Media related to John Douglas Hazen at Wikimedia Commons
• Portraits of Sir (John) Douglas Hazen at the National Portrait Gallery, London