- Jim Hawkes
Frederick James "Jim" Hawkes,
M.Sc. ,Ph.D. (born June 21, 1934), is a formerCanadian politician .Early life and education
Hawkes was born in
Calgary ,Alberta . He studied at Sir George Williams College (nowConcordia University ), earning a B.A. in 1957.Also in 1957 Hawkes married Joanne Christine Herriot (born 1937 in Calgary). The Hawkes have two living children: Teresa Anne "Terri" (born 1958) and Robert James (born 1961). Robert Hawkes reached
Master level inchess by his late teens (http://www.chess.ca, the Robert Hawkes player file). They had another daughter Colleen Rose, who died four days after birth.Hawkes returned to academia after several years to study
psychology , earning an M.Sc in this field from theUniversity of Calgary in 1968, and a Ph.D in experimental psychology fromColorado State University in 1970.In 1971, Hawkes became an associate professor in the Faculty of Social Welfare at the
University of Calgary , then in 1975 he receivedtenure .Political career
In 1976-1977 Hawkes served as a program director for
Joe Clark , then leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition.In 1979 he ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the riding of
Calgary West , and was elected to the House of Commons. He was re-elected in 1980, 1984, and 1988.From 1985 to 1986 Hawkes' chief aide was future prime minister
Stephen Harper . 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
Reform Party of Canada .From 1988 to 1993, Hawkes also served as the Chief
Government Whip 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.
References
# Kenneth Whyte, "The right-wingers duke it out in the Calgary West corral", "Globe and Mail", 2 October 1993, D2.External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=1068&s= Parliamentary profile]
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