Corey Malcolm John Hogan (born December 12, 1981) is a Canadian politician from the

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. He was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

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Early life and career

Corey Hogan was born on December 12, 1981 in

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, Ontario. His father was a professor of medicine at the

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. Hogan attended the university briefly before pursuing a

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at the

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. Hogan was formerly the executive director of the

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. Ahead of the 2015 federal election he was the riding president for Calgary Confederation and helped to secure Liberal candidate Matt Grant's nomination who came second to

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. By 2016 Hogan was in Alberta's civil service as

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under premiers

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of the

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and

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of the

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, working as head of government communications. He left that role in 2020, shortly after the UCP won the

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and joined the University of Calgary as Senior Associate Vice President of Communications. Hogan was promoted to Vice President of Communications and Community Engagement in 2024. After leaving his political roles, Hogan was co-host on a Canadian political podcast called ''The Strategists''.

Federal politics

Hogan became the

candidate in

on April 1, 2025, after the previous candidate, Thomas Keeper, was deselected for failing to disclose an old domestic assault charge to the party. Hogan defeated Conservative candidate

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in the election that year. He was the only Liberal elected in Calgary and one of two Alberta Liberal MPs in the

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. On June 5, 2025, Hogan was named Parliamentary Secretary to the

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Political views

Education

In his 2025 federal election campaign, Hogan stated that he supported increased investment in higher education to make it more accessible, and supported funding more research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students.

Foreign affairs

In April 2025, Hogan said that he supported a

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for the

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and a "durable ceasefire" in the

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. He declined to call Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide, pending the

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ruling in

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, but described the situation as "horrific". Hogan defended his role in the University of Calgary's decision to dismantle a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus using tactical police as purely being in his communications capacity, saying that his role did not have decision-making authority.

Electoral record

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hogan, Corey Living people Liberal Party of Canada MPs Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta Politicians from Calgary 1981 births