Laurie Hawn

The Honourable Laurie D. Hawn PC CD
Member of Parliament for Edmonton Centre
In office January 23, 2006 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Anne McLellan
Succeeded by	Randy Boissonnault
Personal details
Born	(1947-05-11) May 11, 1947 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Judy Hawn
Residence	Edmonton
Profession	Military officer, Businessman

Laurie Daniel Hawn PC CD (born May 11, 1947) is a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Canadian Air Force, businessman, and former federal politician from Edmonton, Alberta. He was the Member of Parliament for Edmonton Centre from 2006 until 2015. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence from October 10, 2007, until May 24, 2011.

Hawn announced in March 2014 that he was not running for re-election.

Early life and career

Hawn joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1964 and received his pilot wings at Gimli, Manitoba in January 1967. He flew the Canadair T-33 Silver Star as an instructor pilot and as a tactical fighter pilot and instructor on the Canadair CF-104 Starfighter and was among the first Canadian military pilots to fly the McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet fighters. In thirty years in the Air Force, Hawn rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel and he then served an additional five years as honorary colonel of 417 Combat Support Squadron. Hawn commanded a Hornet equipped tactical fighter squadron at CFB Cold Lake.

When he retired in 1994 Hawn entered the financial services business where he opened and managed branch offices. Hawn is a founding member of the Investment Advisors Association of Canada.

Hawn is married; they have two children, and two grandchildren.

Member of Parliament

In January 2004 Hawn stood for election as a Member of Parliament in the constituency of Edmonton Centre. His opponent in the 2004 election was the sitting Member of Parliament and Deputy Prime Minister, Anne McLellan, but Hawn failed to get elected by a few hundred votes. He continued to campaign and maintain an interest in politics in the 2006 election he stood again against McLellan. On January 23, 2006, he was elected as the representative of Edmonton Centre.

Hawn was appointed to the standing committee on National Defence, as well as the committee on Public Safety and National Security. In October 2007 Hawn was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, Peter MacKay. In the Canadian parliamentary system, Parliamentary Secretaries act as a liaison between the government and House of Commons. Laurie Hawn was a Canadian representative and a co-chair of the Permanent Canada-United States Joint Board of Defence as of 2012. Also, Hawn sat on the Treasury Board sub-committee on the Strategic and Operating Review.

Hawn has also won subsequent elections for Edmonton Centre in 2008 and 2011.

Hawn chose not to run for re-election in the 2015 federal election.

In January 2016, Laurie Hawn was appointed to the Edmonton Police Commission.

Honours

On October 1, 2010, Hawn was appointed to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada in recognition of "many years of dedication and hard work in the House of Commons, including on Canada’s engagement in Afghanistan".

For his military service he received the Canadian Forces' Decoration with 2 Bars.

Electoral record

2011 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Laurie Hawn	23,625	48.03	−1.00	$78,297
	New Democratic	Lewis Cardinal	12,480	25.37	+10.70	$71,055
	Liberal	Mary Macdonald	11,037	22.44	−4.99	$73,942
	Green	David Parker	1,676	3.41	−4.70	$1,779
	Pirate	Mikkel Paulson	289	0.59	*
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	81	0.16	−0.27
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,188	100.00
Total rejected ballots			201	0.41	+0.09
Turnout			49,389	58.06	+6.49
Eligible voters			84,725	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Laurie Hawn	22,634	49.03	+4.21	$86,008
	Liberal	Jim Wachowich	12,661	27.43	−11.14	$88,061
	New Democratic	Donna Martyn	6,912	14.97	+4.20	$36,132
	Green	David Parker	3,746	8.11	+2.86	$2,244
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	203	0.43	+0.23	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,156	100.00		$90,809
Total rejected ballots			146	0.32	–
Turnout			46,302	51.57	−12.1

2006 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurie Hawn	25,811	44.82	+3.68
	Liberal	Anne McLellan	22,221	38.57	−3.92
	New Democratic	Donna Martyn	6,201	10.77	+1.66
	Green	David J. Parker	3,022	5.25	+0.39
	Independent	John Baloun	217	0.47	+0.06
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	116	0.20	+0.06
Total valid votes			57,588	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–	–
Turnout			–	63.7	+2.9

2004 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Anne McLellan	22,560	42.49	$79,849
	Conservative	Laurie Hawn	21,839	41.14	$81,655
	New Democratic	Meghan McMaster	4,836	9.11	$21,577
	Green	David J. Parker	2,584	4.86	$310
	Marijuana	Lyle Kenny	509	0.95	–
	Progressive Canadian	Sean Tisdall	456	0.85	–
	Independent	John Baloun	221	0.41	$2,803
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	78	0.14	$26
Total valid votes			53,083	100.00
Total rejected ballots			234	0.44
Turnout			53,317	59.77

External links

• Official site
• Laurie Hawn – Parliament of Canada biography
• HowdTheyVote - Laurie Hawn's voting record