Frederick James Hawkes (June 21, 1934 – May 9, 2019) was a Canadian politician. He was Member of

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for

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from 1979 until 1993.

Early life and education

Hawkes was born in

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. He studied at Sir George Williams College (now

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), obtaining a

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degree in 1957. Hawkes returned to academia after several years to study

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, earning an

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degree in this field from the

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in 1968, and a

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degree in experimental psychology from

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in 1970. In 1971, Hawkes became an associate professor in the Faculty of Social Welfare at the

, then in 1975 he received

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Political career

In 1976–1977, Hawkes served as a program director for

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, then leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and

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. In 1979, he ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the riding of

, and was elected to the

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. He was re-elected in 1980, 1984, and 1988. From 1985 to 1986, Hawkes' chief aide was future

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. Harper's term as aide was short, and he later described this time in Ottawa as deeply disillusioning. Hawkes was re-elected in the 1988 election in which his chief opponent was his former protégé Harper, now running for the newly founded

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. From 1988 to 1993, Hawkes also served as the Chief

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inside the House of Commons. In the 1993 federal election, Hawkes lost to Harper, becoming one of many PC MPs who were defeated at the polls.

Personal life and death

In 1957, Hawkes married Joanne Christine Herriot (1937–2013). The Hawkes had two living children: Teresa Anne "Terri" (born 1958) and Robert James (born 1961). Robert Hawkes reached

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level in

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by his late teens. They had another daughter Colleen Rose, who died four days after birth. Hawkes, who had

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in his final years, died in Calgary on May 9, 2019, at the age of 84.

References

Other sources

*Kenneth Whyte, "The right-wingers duke it out in the Calgary West corral", ''Globe and Mail'', 2 October 1993, D2.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawkes, Jim 1934 births 2019 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta Politicians from Calgary Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Sir George Williams University alumni University of Calgary alumni Deaths from dementia in Canada