George Hahn (politician) explained

George Hahn
Birthname:Frederick George Hahn
Birth Date:1911 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Killaly, Saskatchewan
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Penticton, British Columbia
Riding:New Westminster
Predecessor:William Malcolm Mott
Successor:William McLennan
Term Start:August 1953
Term End:March 1958
Profession:business executive, merchant, principal, teacher
Party:Social Credit

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.

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. Web site: Archived copy . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053508/http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/images/getimage/genealogy/screensize/0ac2af9e-52b7-4eb2-be98-8dea263c6359 . 4 March 2016 . dead .
  2. News: Complete Official Results of the June 10, 1957, General Election in Canada . 29 March 1958 . . 9 . Results listed as George Hahn.