Known by his second name, Douglas, he entered politics in 1885 when he was elected as an
alderman for
Fredericton City Council. He became
mayor in 1888. Hazen was elected to the
House of Commons of Canada as a
Conservative candidate in the
1891 federal election. He lost his seat in the
1896 election that defeated the Conservatives and brought
Wilfrid Laurier's
Liberals to power. He was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1899, and became
leader of the opposition. Hazen rebuilt the
Conservative Party which had been out of power since 1883. He led the party into government in the 1908 provincial election. As
premier, Hazen fought political corruption and attempts by the federal government to reduce the
Maritime provinces' representation in the federal House of Commons. Douglas Hazen left provincial politics in
1911 to become federal
Minister of Marine and Fisheries and
Minister of the Naval Service in the government of Sir
Robert Borden. During the
First World War, he served in the
Imperial War Cabinet. Hazen left politics in October 1917 to become
Chief Justice of New Brunswick. For his years of service to
The Crown and to Canada, in 1918 Douglas Hazen was made a Knight Commander of the
Order of St Michael and St George by
King George V. On 11 November 1923 (
Armistice Day), he gave the dedicatory address at the unveiling of the
Fredericton Cenotaph in Fredericton. Hazen died in 1937 at age seventy-seven and was interred in the
Fernhill Cemetery in
Saint John, New Brunswick.
Sir Douglas Hazen Park in Oromocto, New Brunswick and Sir Douglas Hazen Hall at the
University of New Brunswick, Saint John are named in his honour. Hazen was the father of
King Hazen. == Electoral record ==