Hugh Hanrahan
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Hugh F. Hanrahan BA, BEd, MEd (16 January 1947 - 19 May 1999) was a member of the Canadian House of Commons for the Edmonton—Strathcona electoral district from 1993 to 1997. His career has been in education and writing.
Hanrahan was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, where he would study arts and education at St. Francis Xavier University, then moved to Ottawa to obtain a Masters degree in education at the University of Ottawa.
He was elected to the 35th Canadian Parliament in the 1993 federal election for the Reform party. He left Canadian politics for health reasons after his term in Parliament ended with the 1997 federal election. In the spring of 1999, Hanrahan died suddenly following an acute stomach infection, leaving behind his wife and daughter.[1]
[edit] Reference
- ^ Kowal, Johanna. "Teacher, former MP mourned", Edmonton Journal, 25 May 1999, p. B2.
[edit] External links
- Parliament of Canada: Hugh Hanrahan, accessed 3 August 2006
- House of Commons Debates (Hansard), 8 June 1999, "The Late Hugh Hanrahan", accessed 3 August 2006
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