{{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 (Progressive Conservative) | successor = David Dingwall (Liberal) | constituency_MP = Cape Breton—East 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, Nova Scotia | death_date = {{death date and age|2002|4|10|1923|10|28|mf=y}} | death_place = Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia | party = New Democratic Party | relations = | spouse = | children = | occupation = Roman Catholic priest | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Andrew (Andy) Hogan''' (October 28, 1923 – April 10, 2002) was a Canadian politician and priest. He was the first Roman Catholic priest to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada. He was known more commonly by his informal name: Father Andy.
==Biography== Born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Rev. Hogan received a bachelor's degree from 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,<ref name="move">{{cite web |title=The Antigonish Movement |publisher=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 }}</ref> started by Father Jimmy Tompkins and Rev. Dr. Moses Coady, that put the Rochdale Principles of Co-operation into action in the Maritimes by starting building co-ops, credit unions, co-op farms, etc.<ref name="move"/> Being in the heartland of the co-op movement deeply affected his political views, which eventually led him to the New Democratic Party.<ref>{{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, 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 }}.</ref>
He studied theology at Holy Heart Seminary and was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1949.
As a member of the New Democratic Party, he was elected to the House of Commons from Cape Breton—East Richmond in the 1974 federal election. He was re-elected in 1979. Hogan was defeated in the 1980 federal election, losing to David Dingwall by 294 votes. After the defeat, he never ran for public office again.
In 2002, Hogan died in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia after a long illness.<ref>{{Citation | last =Canadian Press | title =Priest-MP championed workers | newspaper =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 }}</ref>
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