# Andrew Hogan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andrew_Hogan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andrew_Hogan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Hogan > Source revision: 1349769241 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian politician (1923–2002)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Andrew Hogan | image = | caption = | term_start = July 8, 1974 | term_end = February 18, 1980 | predecessor = [Donald MacInnis](/source/Donald_MacInnis) ([Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada)) | successor = [David Dingwall](/source/David_Dingwall) ([Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada)) | constituency_MP = [Cape Breton—East Richmond](/source/Cape_Breton%E2%80%94East_Richmond) | parliament = Canadian | majority = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | constituency2 = | majority2 = | office3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | constituency3 = | majority3 = | birth_date = {{birth date|1923|10|28|mf=y}} | birth_place = [Glace Bay](/source/Glace_Bay%2C_Nova_Scotia), [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia) | death_date = {{death date and age|2002|4|10|1923|10|28|mf=y}} | death_place = [Cole Harbour](/source/Cole_Harbour%2C_Nova_Scotia), [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia) | party = [New Democratic Party](/source/New_Democratic_Party) | relations = | spouse = | children = | occupation = [Roman Catholic priest](/source/Roman_Catholic_priest) | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Andrew (Andy) Hogan''' (October 28, 1923 – April 10, 2002) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) politician and priest. He was the first [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic) [priest](/source/priest) to be elected to the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada). He was known more commonly by his informal name: Father Andy. ==Biography== Born in [Glace Bay, Nova Scotia](/source/Glace_Bay%2C_Nova_Scotia), Rev. Hogan received a bachelor's degree from [St. Francis Xavier University](/source/St._Francis_Xavier_University) (St. F.X.), where he became involved in the co-operative movement. St. F.X. was the home of the [Antigonish Movement](/source/Antigonish_Movement),{{cite web |title=The Antigonish Movement |publisher=[St. Francis Xavier University](/source/St._Francis_Xavier_University) |url=http://www.stfx.ca/institutes/coady/text/about_antigonishmovement.html |access-date=2007-02-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927005917/http://www.stfx.ca/institutes/coady/text/about_antigonishmovement.html |archive-date=2007-09-27 }} started by [Father Jimmy Tompkins](/source/Jimmy_Tompkins_(priest)) and Rev. Dr. [Moses Coady](/source/Moses_Coady), that put the [Rochdale Principles](/source/Rochdale_Principles) of [Co-operation](/source/Cooperatives) into action in [the Maritimes](/source/the_Maritimes) by starting [building co-ops](/source/building_cooperatives), [credit unions](/source/credit_unions), [co-op farms](/source/farm_cooperatives), etc. Being in the heartland of the co-op movement deeply affected his political views, which eventually led him to the [New Democratic Party](/source/New_Democratic_Party).{{Citation | last = Dexter | first = Darrell | title = House of Assembly Debates and Proceedings, 2nd Session, April 10, 2002 | publisher = Hansard Reporting Services, Queen's Printers | year = 2002 | location = [Halifax](/source/Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia), [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia) | edition = Hansard 01/02-81 | page = 8089 | url = http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/hansard/han58-2/house_02apr10.htm | access-date = February 14, 2007 | archive-date = November 30, 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061130010659/http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/hansard/han58-2/house_02apr10.htm | url-status = dead }}. He studied theology at [Holy Heart Seminary](/source/Atlantic_School_of_Theology) and was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1949. As a member of the [New Democratic Party](/source/New_Democratic_Party), he was elected to the House of Commons from [Cape Breton—East Richmond](/source/Cape_Breton%E2%80%94East_Richmond) in the [1974 federal election](/source/1974_Canadian_federal_election). He was re-elected in [1979](/source/1979_Canadian_federal_election). Hogan was defeated in the [1980 federal election](/source/1980_Canadian_federal_election), losing to [David Dingwall](/source/David_Dingwall) by 294 votes. After the defeat, he never ran for public office again. In 2002, Hogan died in [Cole Harbour](/source/Cole_Harbour%2C_Nova_Scotia), Nova Scotia after a long illness.{{Citation | last =Canadian Press | title =Priest-MP championed workers | newspaper =[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail) | pages =R13 | date =2002-04-12 | url =https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20020412.OBHOGAN/PPVStory/?DENIED=1 | access-date =2017-08-24 | archive-date =2020-09-27 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200927085811/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20020412.OBHOGAN/PPVStory/?DENIED=1 | url-status =dead }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=15655}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hogan, Andrew}} Category:1923 births Category:2002 deaths Category:20th-century Canadian Roman Catholic priests Category:Canadian people of Irish descent Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia Category:New Democratic Party MPs Category:People from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia Category:People from Glace Bay Category:St. Francis Xavier University alumni Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{NovaScotia-MP-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Andrew Hogan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Hogan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Hogan?action=history)). 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