George Hahn (politician)

George Hahn
Member of Parliament
for New Westminster
In office
August 1953 – March 1958
Preceded byWilliam Malcolm Mott
Succeeded byWilliam McLennan
Personal details
Born
Frederick George Hahn

(1911-11-03)3 November 1911
Killaly, Saskatchewan
Died5 February 1963(1963-02-05) (aged 51)[1]
Penticton, British Columbia
Political partySocial Credit
Professionbusiness executive, merchant, principal, teacher

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. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Complete Official Results of the June 10, 1957, General Election in Canada". The Globe and Mail. 29 March 1958. p. 9. Results listed as George Hahn.