Henry Mang Explained

Henry Mang
Birthname:Henry Philip Mang
Birth Date:1897 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Edenwold, Northwest Territories
Death Place:Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for Lumsden
Term Start:1934
Term End:1938
Riding2:Qu'Appelle
Predecessor2:Austin Edwin Dewar
Successor2:Alvin Hamilton
Term Start2:August 1953
Term End2:June 1957
Profession:dentist, farmer, teacher, principal
Party:Liberal

Henry Philip Mang (11 December 1897 – 30 March 1987) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Edenwold, Northwest Territories, which is now in Saskatchewan.

Mang trained in Toronto at the Royal College of Dentistry at the University of Toronto where he also took a one-year honours course in Philosophy, English and History. He participated in World War I under the Royal Flying Corps. Eventually, his jobs included farming and teaching and became a school principal.[1]

Between 1934 and 1938, Mang was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the Lumsden riding.[2] [3]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Qu'Appelle riding in the 1953 general election then after one term was defeated by Alvin Hamilton of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1957 election.

Archives

There is a Henry Mang fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[4] Archival reference number is R5818.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Normandin, Pierre G. . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1954 .
  2. Book: Hansard . 28 June 2009 . Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan . 18 June 1987 .
  3. Web site: Saskatchewan: Membership of the Legislatures . 28 June 2009 . Saskatchewan Archives Board . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725182419/http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/Membership-of-Legislatures.pdf . 25 July 2011 .
  4. Web site: Henry Mang fonds, Library and Archives Canada. 2 June 2020.