Name: The Hon. Hugh D. Segal, CM
Title: Member of the Senate of Canada; (Kingston-Frontenac-Leeds).
Education: A graduate in Canadian history from the University of Ottawa, and Honorary Doctor of Laws from the Royal Military College of Canada.
Current and previous positions: Summoned to the Senate in August of 2005 by Prime Minister Martin, Hugh was the first Conservative appointment in Ontario made by Canada's then Liberal Prime Minister. Hugh is a former Chair of the Standing Committee of the Senate on Foreign Affairs, and sits on the Agriculture and Aboriginal Affairs Committees, and the Special Committee on Anti-Terrorism. A former President and CEO of the Institute for Research on Public Policy (1999-2006) Hugh is also a Senior Fellow at the Policy Studies School and School of Business at Queen's University where he has taught since 1993. In 2006, he was made a Life Fellow at the IRPP. In 2003, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada, and in 2005 an Honourary Captain in the Canadian Navy.
A graduate in Canadian history from the University of Ottawa, Hugh is a former Associate Secretary of Cabinet in Ontario and Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Canada. In the private sector, Hugh sits on public corporate boards in the energy, engineering, financial services and construction, he is also a Senior Research Fellow at the McMillan law firm. He is a former Chair of the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, and is on the council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the board of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute and is a Member of the Trilateral Commission.
