Joshua N. Haldeman
Joshua N. Haldeman | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan | |
| In office 1945 – ca. 1950 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Needham |
| Succeeded by | Martin Kelln |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joshua Norman Haldeman November 25, 1902 Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | January 13, 1974 (aged 71) Pretoria, South Africa |
| Political party | Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan |
| Other political affiliations | Social Credit Party of Canada |
| Spouses | Eve Peters
(m. 1934; div. 1937)Winnifred Fletcher (m. 1942) |
| Children | 5, including Maye |
| Relatives | Elon Musk (grandson) Kimbal Musk (grandson) Tosca Musk (granddaughter) Lyndon Rive (grandson) Vivian Wilson (great-granddaughter) |
| Education | Palmer School of Chiropractic (DC) |
| Occupation | Chiropractor, politician, speaker |
Joshua Norman Haldeman (November 25, 1902 – January 13, 1974) was an American-born Canadian-South African chiropractor, aviator, and politician. He became involved in Canadian politics, backing the technocracy movement, before moving to South Africa in 1950. Over the course of decades, Haldeman repeatedly expressed racist, antisemitic, and antidemocratic views. In South Africa he was a supporter of apartheid and promoted a number of conspiracy theories. A pilot since 1948, he died in a plane crash in 1974. Haldeman is the maternal grandfather of businessman Elon Musk.