Claim: Irwin Haskett(born April 22, 1903) was a politician in Canada who was one of the founders of the annual Tulip Festival in Ottawa, served as a president of the Ottawa Board of Trade and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, a cabinet minister in the government of Leslie Frost and a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Evidence: Wesley Irwin Haskett (April 22, 1903 – March 23, 1994) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was one of the founders of the annual Tulip Festival in Ottawa which he regularly attended. Haskett was active in the Ottawa community serving as president of the Ottawa Board of Trade and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce. He was a cabinet minister in the government of Leslie Frost. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1959 to 1971 who represented the riding of Ottawa South.