Hugh Segal

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hugh Segal
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Oct 13, 1950(1950-10-13)
Age	74
Birthplace	Montreal
Country	Canada
Birth City	Quebec
Horoscope	Libra

Hugh Segal Biography

Hugh Segal is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on October 13, 1950 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Hugh Segal, OC OOnt CD, was born October 13, 1950. He is a Canadian political strategist and author. He was Chief of Staff to the Ontario Premier Bill Davis, and then to Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Segal was appointed Master (later Principal), of Massey College in Toronto and resigned as a Senator of Canada on June 15, 2014.

He was 21 years old when he ran unsuccessfully as a Progressive Conservative candidate at Ottawa Centre for The House of Commons of Canada’s 1972 general election. In 1974, he was again defeated.

In an earlier book, his 1996 memoir No Surrender (page 225), Segal wrote: “Progressive Conservatives cannot embrace the nihilistic defeatism that masquerades as a neo-conservative polemic in support of individual freedom and disengagement.” He went on to deplore “American fast-food conservatism.” In a speech to the National Press Club on June 21, 1995, Segal referred to the “selfish and directionless nature of the American revolution — which was more about self-interest, mercantile opportunity, and who collected what tax than it was about tolerance or freedom.”

Segal espouses a moderate brand of conservatism that has little in common with British Thatcherism or US neoconservatism. He is a Red Tory in the tradition of Benjamin Disraeli, Sir John A. Macdonald, John George Diefenbaker and his mentors Robert Stanfield and Bill Davis. This political philosophy stresses the common good and promotes social harmony between classes. It is often associated with One Nation Conservatism. The focus is on order, good government and mutual responsibility. Individual rights and personal freedom are not considered absolute. In his book Beyond Greed: A Traditional Conservative Confronts Neo-Conservative Excess (Toronto: Stoddart, 1997), Segal sought to distinguish what he called “traditional” conservatives from neo-conservatives, notably those in the United States.

Segal, a member the Big Blue Machine, was a senior aide of Ontario Progressive Conservative Premier Bill Davis during the 1970s and 1980s. He was 29 when he was appointed Deputy Minister. He was the Chief of Staff to Prime Minster Brian Mulroney from 1992 to 1993.

Hugh Segal Net Worth

Hugh Segal is one of the richest Politician from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hugh Segal 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Segal was inspired in 1962 by John Diefenbaker’s visit to his school, United Talmud Torah Academy. Segal graduated from the University of Ottawa, and was an aide of Robert Stanfield, the federal Progressive Conservative Leader of Opposition in the 1970s. He was still a student at the university.

Segal was against the imposition by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of the War Measures Act in the October Crisis 1970 on civil liberties grounds. He supports strengthening Canada’s military, encouraging investment, and maintaining a strong social security net. Stephen Harper and Conservative Party adopted his 1998 proposal to reduce Canada’s Goods and Services Tax (which was then 7%) to 6% (and then to 5%). He supported capital punishment during his leadership campaign. Segal’s latest book is The Long Road Back, The Conservative Journey 1993-2006 (Toronto, HarperCollins 2006).

In the 1980s and 1990s, Segal became a television pundit and newspaper columnist. In the private sector, Segal has been an executive in the advertising, brewing, and financial services industries.

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On 6 June 2012, Segal had a comment published in the National Post outlining his views on Basic Income. In December 2012, Segal published an essay in the Literary Review of Canada promoting the benefits of a guaranteed annual income.

Facts & Trivia

Hugh Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Hugh Segal celebrates birthday on October 13 of every year.

Segal lives in Kingston, Ontario, and until 2014 was a faculty member at Queen’s University’s School of Policy Studies, and has also taught at the university’s school of business. He served as president of the Institute for Research on Public Policy, a Montreal think tank, from 1999 to 2006. He sits on the board of directors and is a distinguished fellow at the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute. He is also a member of the Trilateral Commission.