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Joshua N Haldeman (born November 25, 1902) was an American-born Canadian chiropractor, politician and political economist. He was an anti-communist and research director of the Technocracy Movement. He is the father of Maye Musk and grandfather of Elon Musk.

Early life and education
Haldeman was born in Pequot, Minnesota in 1902, to John Elon Haldeman and Almeda Jane Haldeman. In 1907 the family relocated to Saskatchewan in Canada. Haldeman's father died in 1909. His mother later remarried and he was raised by his mother and step-father on a ranch. The home he was raised in was a "chiropractic home where medicine was all but non-existent".

He was educated at a range of institutions including the University of Chicago, but did not earn an academic degree. He later studied chiropractic medicine at the Palmer School of Chiropractic in Iowa.

Career and political activism
By the early 1930s Haldeman was directing a "Research and Open Forum Debating Society" in Saskatchewan, and had established a chiropractic office in Assiniboia.

From 1936 to 1941, Haldeman became involved with the Technocracy Movement, eventually becoming the leader of its Canadian branch. It was declared an illegal organisation by the Canadian government in 1940, and Haldeman subsequently resigned over disagreements with its American branch declaring support for the Soviet Union.