Lyall Hanson | |
Birth Date: | 20 July 1929 |
Birth Place: | Domremy, Saskatchewan |
Death Place: | Vernon, British Columbia |
Constituency Am1: | Okanagan-Vernon Okanagan North (1986–1991) |
Assembly1: | British Columbia Legislative |
Term Start1: | October 22, 1986 |
Term End1: | May 28, 1996 |
Predecessor1: | Lyle MacWilliam |
Successor1: | April Sanders |
Party: | Reform Party (1994–1996) Social Credit (1991–1994) |
Occupation: | Automobile Dealer |
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.[1] 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[2] 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.[3] He died in Vernon, British Columbia in 2018 at the age of 88.[4]