George Hahn (politician)

Frederick George Jacob Hahn (3 November 1911 – 5 February 1963) was a Social Credit party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Killaly, Saskatchewan and became a business executive, merchant, principal and teacher by career.

George Hahn
Member of Parliament
for New Westminster
In office
August 1953  March 1958
Preceded byWilliam Malcolm Mott
Succeeded byWilliam McLennan
Personal details
Born
Frederick George Hahn

(1911-11-03)3 November 1911
Killaly, Saskatchewan
Died5 February 1963(1963-02-05) (aged 51)[1]
Penticton, British Columbia
Political partySocial Credit
Professionbusiness executive, merchant, principal, teacher

He was first elected at the New Westminster riding in the 1953 general election. He was re-elected there for a second and final term in the 1957 election.[2] In 1958, Hahn was defeated by William McLennan of the Progressive Conservative party.

Hahn ran to succeed Solon Low at the 1961 Social Credit leadership convention but came in third. A few weeks prior to the convention, he unsuccessfully campaigned for another Parliament seat in a 29 May 1961 by-election at Esquimalt—Saanich. He placed fourth with 16% of the vote. He subsequently ran unsuccessfully in the 1962 election at Vancouver Centre.

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Complete Official Results of the June 10, 1957, General Election in Canada". The Globe and Mail. 29 March 1958. p. 9. Results listed as George Hahn.


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