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FOGARTY, M.Ed., ALBERT PRESTON, school teacher, principal, superintendent of education, civil servant, consultant, and executive director of adult education; b. 25 June 1940 in Cardigan, son of James Wilfred Fogarty and Julia Morrison; m. 17 August 1963 Judith Dianne McCabe, and they had five children, Tracey, Albert, Robert, Kelly, and Kerri; Roman Catholic. Fogarty, a Conservative, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1979 for 1st Kings, and was re-elected in 1982, 1986, and 1989. In 1974, in his first attempt at public office, Fogarty was unsuccessful in the district of 3'1 Kings. Fogarty was a provincial delegate to Constitutional conferences, and attended the Canada Round discussions and First Ministers’ conference. From 17 November 1981 to 1986, he held the positions of Minister of Health and Social Services and Minister Responsible for Addiction Services and Civil Service. In 1982 he was a United Nations delegate at the Conference on Aging in Vienna, Austria. Fogarty chaired the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy from 1981 to 1986. From 1989 to 1993, he was Opposition House Leader, and, from 1986 to 1993, served as Opposition finance critic. In 1993, upon completion of his term in the Legislature, he became the Provincial Superintendent of Education. This position was created to lead the implementation of education reform in the province. A native of the Seven Mile Road near Cardigan, Fogarty received his primary education at the school in Glenfanning and in 1958 graduated from Montague Regional High School. In 1962 Fogarty graduated from St. Dunstan’s University with a Bachelor of Arts and, in 1966, with a Bachelor of Education. He studied history in graduate school at the University of New Brunswick and was the recipient of a graduate scholarship. In 1977 he graduated from St. Francis Xavier University with a Master of Education. From 1962 to 1964, Fogarty taught at Montague Regional High School. In 1964 he became the principal as well as a teacher at Souris Regional High School, and remained in this position until 1981. He returned as principal and teacher at Souris Regional High School from 1986 until 1993. From 1993 to 1994, Fogarty was the province’s Superintendent of Education. Later in 1994 he was a senior policy consultant with the Prince Edward Island Office of Higher Education, Training and Adult Learning. Fogarty opened a professional consulting business, Fogarty Consulting Incorporated, in 1997. Ihe following year he assumed the position of executive director of the Prince Edward Island Institute of Adult and Community Education at Holland College. Fogarty retired from Holland College in December 2001. Fogarty was a president of the Prince Edward Island Teacher’s Federation and a member of the board of directors of the Canadian Teacher’s Federation. He was a member of the board of directors of the Canadian Mental Health Association and the Prince Edward Island Arthritis Society. In 1992 he was a member of the Prince Edward Island “Yes Canada Committee. Fogarty was a member of the board of directors of St. John House Incorporated and chair of the Provincial Advisory Committee of St. John Ambulance. Additionally, he was chair of the board of directors of the Holland College Foundation. Fogarty was a member of the Northern Ireland Children’s Event Committee, the Souris Lions Club, and the Souris Knights of Columbus, and is a member of the Rotary Club of Charlottetown. In 1973 he was awarded the Centennial Citizenship Citation and in 1992 received the Commemorative Medal on the 125,h Anniversary of Confederation. He also served as president of the Association of Former M.L.As. Fogarty has produced a number of documents, including Towards Excellence —Final Report of the Structure and Governance of the Prince Edward Island Educational System (June 1993), A New Design for School Board Leadership and Proposals — Recruitment, Hiring, Induction, Retention and Mobility of School Board Employees (both June 1994), Quality and Performance in PostSecondary Education in Prince Edward Island (February 1995) and A Plan for the Future, Adult Literacy (August 1995), Eastern Kings: Social and Economic Development — A Different Perspective (June 1997), Holland College Professional Addictions Counselor Program — Program Viability Study (October 1997). With Lome Amos he co-authored the study Aerospace Training Needs — Prince Edward Island (December 1997). Judith Fogarty was born in Charlottetown on 18 May 1944. Albert Fogarty and his wife reside in Charlottetown., CPG 1976. 1993; WWPEI p. 49; Eastern Graphic 23 November 1981, 27 January 1993, 3 February 1993; Guardian 14 April 1978, 12 April 1979, 15 April 1986, 1 May 1986, 23 January 1993, 8 April 1993, 26 October 1993; Journal-Pioneer 23 January 1993; Royal Gazette 5 December 1981.