Hugh McFadyen
| Hugh McFadyen | |
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| Leader of the Opposition in Manitoba | |
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In office 2006–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Stuart Murray |
| Succeeded by | Brian Pallister |
| Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba | |
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In office 2006–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Stuart Murray |
| Succeeded by | Brian Pallister |
| MLA for Fort Whyte | |
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In office 2005–2012 |
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| Preceded by | John Loewen |
| Succeeded by | Brian Pallister |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
31 May 1967 Selkirk, Manitoba |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
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| Curling | ||
| World Junior Championships | ||
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1987 Victoria | |
Hugh Daniel McFadyen (born 31 May 1967) is a lawyer and politician in Manitoba, Canada. From 2006 to 2012, he was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, and Leader of the Opposition in the Manitoba legislature. Following his party's loss in the 2011 election he announced that he would resign as leader as soon as a new leader is appointed. McFadyen officially resigned on July 30, 2012.
McFadyen was born in Selkirk, Manitoba. His aunt Linda McIntosh was a cabinet minister in the provincial government of Gary Filmon, and his great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather were also members of the Manitoba legislature. He has said that former Manitoba Premier Duff Roblin is his political hero.
McFadyen was a successful curler in his youth, and skipped his team to a Canadian Junior Championship in 1986. This win qualified them for the 1987 World Junior Curling Championships where they won a silver medal, losing to Scotland's Douglas Dryburgh. McFadyen's third, Jon Mead, would go on to play for Jeff Stoughton, while his second, Norman Gould, went on to curling success in Japan followed by coaching the 1996 Jeff Stoughton World Championship Curling Team.
McFadyen holds Bachelor of Arts (1990) and Bachelor of Laws (1993) degrees from the University of Manitoba. He was a researcher for the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba in the mid-1990s, and was appointed principal secretary to Premier Gary Filmon following Taras Sokolyk's resignation in September 1998 following the Aboriginal vote splitting scandal. McFadyen represented Filmon as an observer to the federal United Alternative convention, and was deputy campaign manager for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1999 provincial election.
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