Rupert Haggen Explained

Rupert Haggen
Birth Date:July 29, 1887[1]
Birth Place:Napier, New Zealand
Death Place:Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
Residence:Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
Office:MLA for Grand Forks-Greenwood
Term Start:1949
Term End:1956
Predecessor:Thomas Alfred Love
Successor:Lois Haggen
Party:CCF
Spouse:Lois Haggen
Occupation:land surveyor

Rupert Williams Haggen (July 29, 1887  - July 19, 1962) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Grand Forks-Greenwood in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1949 to 1956. He had previously been an unsuccessful candidate in the electoral district of Cariboo in the 1933 provincial election and in the electoral district of Rossland-Trail in the 1945 provincial election. He was a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.

He was born in New Zealand and came to Canada in 1901. Haggen finished his education, qualifying as an engineer and was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway. From 1909 to 1934, he practised as a mining and civil engineer. He also was qualified as a Dominion and B.C. Land Surveyor and served as president of the B.C. Land Surveyors' Association. In 1935, he moved to the Kootenay region, settling in Rossland. Later, Haggen became a notary public, opening offices in Rossland, Grand Forks and Kelowna.

He retired from politics in 1956 due to health problems and was succeeded by his wife, Lois Haggen, the former Lois Hill.[2]

He died in Grand Forks at the age of 74.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222843/http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/images/getimage/genealogy/screensize/048373ab-5833-488d-81eb-13288e2bd175 . 2016-03-03 . dead .
  2. Book: Webster, Daisy . Growth of the N.D.P. in B.C., 1900-1970: 81 political biographies . 1970.
  3. Web site: Vital Event Death Registration . BC Archives . 2011-11-23.