Joseph Slogan (February 15, 1931 – November 3, 2024) was a Canadian politician who was a
Progressive Conservative Party member of the
House of Commons of Canada
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. He was a dentist by career.
Born in
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor ( ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from the U.S city of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Esse ...
, he was first elected at Manitoba's
Springfield riding in the
1958 general election after an unsuccessful attempt to win the riding in
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
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** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...
. Slogan was re-elected there in
1962
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War.
Events January
* January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
and
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
, then defeated in the
1965 election by
Edward Schreyer
Edward Richard Schreyer (born December 21, 1935) is a Canadian politician, diplomat, and statesman who served as the 22nd governor general of Canada from 1979 to 1984. He previously served as the 16th premier of Manitoba from 1969 to 1977.
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of the
New Democratic Party
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Slogan was a member of the Ukrainian community. Slogan died in
Selkirk, Manitoba
Selkirk is a city in the western Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba, located on the Red River of the North, Red River about northeast of Winnipeg, the provincial capital. It has a population of 10,504 as of the 20 ...
on November 3, 2024, at the age of 93.
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1931 births
2024 deaths
20th-century Canadian dentists
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba
Politicians from Windsor, Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
Canadian people of Ukrainian descent
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