Lyall Hanson

Lyall Hanson
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Okanagan-Vernon
Okanagan North (1986–1991)
In office
October 22, 1986 – May 28, 1996
Preceded byLyle MacWilliam
Succeeded byApril Sanders
Personal details
Born(1929-07-20)July 20, 1929
Domremy, Saskatchewan
DiedApril 23, 2018(2018-04-23) (aged 88)
Vernon, British Columbia
Political partyReform Party (1994–1996)
Social Credit (1991–1994)
OccupationAutomobile Dealer

Lyall Franklin Hanson (July 20, 1929[1] – 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.[2] Hanson served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Labour and Consumer Services from 1986 to 1989[3] 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.[2] He died in Vernon, British Columbia in 2018 at the age of 88.[4]

  1. ^ a b O'Handley, Kathryn (1995). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
  2. ^ a b "Lyall Hanson (1989–1991)". Local Government Department History. Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
  3. ^ "BC Ministers of Labour (1917 – present)". WorkSafe BC. Archived from the original on 2015-05-06. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
  4. ^ "Lyall Franklin Hanson Obituary". 23 April 2018.