Art Hanger

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Arthur Hanger

Member of Parliament for Calgary Northeast
Incumbent
Assumed office 1993
Preceded by	Alex Kindy

Born	February 19, 1943 (1943-02-19) (age 65) Three Hills, Alberta
Political party	Conservative

Arthur "Art" Hanger (born February 19, 1943 in Three Hills, Alberta) is a Canadian politician.

Hanger is currently a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Calgary Northeast since 1993. He has also been a member of the Reform Party of Canada (1993-2000), and the Canadian Alliance (2000-2003). Hanger is a former police officer.

1 Early political career
2 Chair of Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Early political career

He created some controversy in 1996 when he proposed traveling to Singapore to investigate their use of corporal punishment in deterring crime. After an outcry, and criticism from within the party, the trip was canceled.^{[citation needed]}

Hanger was the Official Opposition critic for Citizenship and Immigration (2001 – 2004), with special responsibility for Foreign Credentials (2004). He was a former Chief Official Opposition critic for National Defence (1997 – 2001) and Opposition critic for the Solicitor General (1995 – 1997).

He was Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration in the 38th Parliament, and Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs in the 36th Parliament. He served as a member of various other Parliamentary committees during his career as an MP.

In the summer of 2001, Hanger was the first Alliance MP to be suspended from caucus for criticizing the leadership of Stockwell Day. However, he did not become a member of the Democratic Representative Caucus, as he accepted the September 10, 2001 reinstatement offer that was made to all of the dissident MPs.

On March 31, 2004, he was the only MP in the House of Commons to join with 18 Bloc Québécois MPs to vote against the referral of the Older Adult Justice Act to the Standing Committee on Justice. The move was in contrast to the support the Bill garnered from virtually all Members of his own party, as well as the Liberals and NDP. Mr. Hanger provided no comment about why he voted against this piece of legislation.

[edit] Chair of Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights

During the 1st and 2nd Session of the 39th Parliament he serves as Chair of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, and also chaired the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Hanger announced on October 10, 2007 that he will retire at the next election.^[1]