About Hugh McFadyen:
A lawyer, Hugh McFadyen provided the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives with a fresh, young look when he became Conservative leader in 2006. Although new to the Manitoba Legislative Assembly in 2005, Hugh McFadyen has plenty of backroom experience, including being Chief of Staff to Premier Gary Filmon in the 1990s. The leadership of Hugh McFadyen gave the Progressive Conservatives much needed momentum going into the 2007 Manitoba provincial election, but his emphasis on crime and tax cuts did not win votes and the Conservatives lost a seat.
Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba:
2006 to present
Birth:
May 31, 1967 in Selkirk, Manitoba
Education:
- BA - University of Manitoba
- LLB - University of Manitoba
Profession:
Lawyer
Political Party:
Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
Riding (Electoral Division):
Fort Whyte
Political Career of Hugh McFadyen:
- Hugh McFadyen is a past president of the youth wing of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party.
- In the 1990s Hugh McFadyen was a researcher and then Chief of Staff for former Manitoba Premier Gary Filmon.
- Hugh McFadyen also worked as an advisor to Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz.
- Hugh McFadyen was first elected to the Manitoba Legislative Assembly in a by-election in 2005.
- He was elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba in 2006.
- He became Leader of the Official Opposition in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly at the same time.
