Dr. Stewart Hyson
Stewart Hyson received his BA degree from Acadia University, MA from McGill University, and PhD from Carleton University, all in political science. 
His MA thesis was entitled, "Conditions Which Prevent the Electoral Success of 'Third Parties' in the Maritime Provinces"; and his PhD dissertation was entitled, "New Brunswick's Electoral Redistribution of 1990-94: A Structural Approach to Redistribution Policy." He taught political science at Acadia, Carleton, and Memorial universities prior to coming to UNB Saint John in the early 1980's.
Dr. Hyson specializes in Canadian government and politics, provincial government and politics, public administration and public policy, political leadership, parties and elections, E-democracy, and ethics in governance. Most recently he coordinated and led the eleven-member Ombudsman Research Project Team that examined the ten major Ombudsoffice in Canada. He has also extensively researched New Brunswick government in respect to election redistribution, Legislative Assembly, premier and cabinet, VLT gambling, referenda, and Ombudsoffice.
Dr. Hyson is a member of the Canadian Political Science Association (since 1970); the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (since 1974); and the Canadian Study of Parliament Group (since 1985).
Books
- Stewart Hyson, ed., Provincial and Territorial Ombudsman Offices in Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009).
Commissioned Reports
- (with Dr. Don Desserud) "Bringing New Brunswick's Legislative Assembly into the 21st Century," Prepared for the Canadian Study of Parliament Group, Ottawa, Forthcoming.
- "RCMP Ombudsman Model." Online. Report prepared for the Task Force on Governance and Cultural Change in the RCMP/Groupe de travail sur la gouvernance et la changement cultural à la GRC, Ottawa, Ontario. November 2, 2007.
- Federal Administrative Agencies: Origins and Evolution, Research Study prepared for the federal Law Reform Commission, Ottawa, 1975: 104 pp.
Selected Articles & Book Chapters
- “The Ombudsman and E-Government in Canada,” Canadian Public Administration (Forthcoming).
- "Governing from the Centre in New Brunswick." In Executive Styles in Canada: Cabinet Decision-Making Structures and Practices at the Federal and Provincial Levels, edited by Luc Bernier, Keith Brownsey, and Michael Howlett. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005): pp. 75 - 90.
- "New Brunswick's Gamble on VLTs - Was This The Way To Conduct a Referendum?" Canadian Parliamentary Review 24, 4 (Winter 2001-02): pp. 19 - 26.
- "Electoral Boundary Redistribution by Independent Commission in New Brunswick, 1990 - 94," Canadian Public Administration 43, 2 (Summer 2000): pp. 174 - 197.
- "Determining the Official Opposition in New Brunswick and the House of Commons," Canadian Parliamentary Review 19, 3 (Autumn 1996): pp. 2 - 6.
- "The Electoral Boundary Revolution in the Maritime Provinces," The American Review of Canadian Studies 25, 2 and 3 (Summer and Autumn 1995): pp. 285 - 299.
- "The Horrible Example - New Brunswick's 58-to-0 Election Result is a Clear Argument for the Advantages of Proportional Representation," Policy Options 9, 8 (October 1988): pp. 25 - 27.
- "Where's 'Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition' in the Loyalist Province?" Canadian Parliamentary Review 11, 2 (Summer 1988): pp. 22 - 25.
- "The Role of the Backbencher - An Analysis of Private Members' Bills in the Canadian House of Commons," Parliamentary Affairs 27 (1974): pp. 262 - 272.
Selected Conference Presentations and Proceedings:
- “Specialty Ombudsman Offices: The New Breed of Structural Heretics,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Carleton University, Ottawa, 27 May 2009.
- Redress of Grievances: From Milton's Areopagitica to the Ombudsman Idea in Canada to E-Democracy," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Political Studies Association, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, 3 - 5 October 2008.
- "Adapting the Ombudsman Idea to the 21st Century: Fighting Puffery, E-Government, and Forensic Investigations," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 6 June 2008.
- "The Directional Path of Electoral Reform in New Brunswick," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, 1 June 2007.
- "Ombudsman Research Project," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, York University, Toronto, 1 June 2006.
- "The Institutionalisation of the Ombudsman Idea: The Case of New Brunswick's Ombudsman," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 3 June 2004.
- "How did the Ombudsman Ida Pan-out? - The Performance of New Brunswick's Ombudsman," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Political Studies Association, Memorial University, St. John's, 26 - 26 September 2003.
- "New Brunswick's VLT Gambling Policy: Morality Politics and the Legitimization of Vice," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Dalhousie University, Halifax, 30 May 2003.
- "New Brunswick's Referendum on VLT Gambling Policy: A Public Policy Discourse on Social Deviance, Morality Politics, and the State," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Poltical Studies Association, University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John, 12 - 14 October 2001.
- "Governments on a Gamble in the Canadian Federation: The Case of New Brunswick's Video Gambling Policy," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Political Studies Association, Dalhousie University, Halifax, 20 - 22 October 2000.
- "The Institutionalisation of Democratic Political Ethics in New Brunswick at Century's End," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Province Political Studies Association, Mount Allison University, Sackville, October 1999.
