Lyall Hanson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
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Place of Birth: Domremy, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada
About Lyall Hanson
- Lyall Franklin Hanson (July 20, 1929 – April 23, 2018) was a political figure in British Columbia.
- He represented Okanagan North from 1986 to 1991 and Okanagan-Vernon from 1991 to 1996 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Social Credit then Reform Party member. He was born in Domremy, Saskatchewan, the son of John Engmond Hanson and Katherine Gertrude Ruep.
- In 1984, Hanson married Nancy McGaw.
- He was a car dealer in Vernon and Vancouver in British Columbia.
- He served as mayor of Vernon before entering provincial politics.
- Hanson served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Labour and Consumer Services from 1986 to 1989 and as Minister of Municipal Affairs from 1989 to 1991.
- He was named interim leader for the Social Credit party in 1994 but soon after joined the Reform Party.
- He died in Vernon, British Columbia in 2018 at the age of 88.
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