- Frank Hanley
Francis Frank Hanley (
April 5 ,1909 -January 23 ,2006 ) was aCanadian politician of Irish descent fromMontreal . [ [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/Membres/notices/g-i/HANLF.htm Frank Hanley, Assemblée nationale du Québec] ]Background
He was born on
April 5 ,1909 inMontreal . He was the son of John Hanley, brewer, and Stella Johnson and attended St. Ann's Boys School inMontreal . Prior to his political career, he had been a boxer, a jockey and a city public servant. He also served as President of the St. Ann's Community Council, the St. Patrick Society and the United Irish Societies of Montreal.Hanley served simultaneously as a City Councillor in
Montreal and as a Member ofQuebec 's provincial legislature.Municipal Politics
Hanley successfully ran as an Independent candidate to the
Montreal City Council in the district of Sainte-Anne in 1940. He was re-elected in 1942, 1944, 1947, 1950, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1962 and 1966, but did not run for re-election in 1970.Provincial Politics
Hanley successfully ran as an Independent candidate to the legislature in the district of Sainte-Anne against Liberal
incumbent Thomas Guerin in 1948. He was re-elected in 1952, 1956, 1960, 1962 and 1966, but was defeated by LiberalGeorge Springate in 1970 and 1973.Federal Politics
He also ran as an Independent candidate to the
Canadian House of Commons in the district of St. Henri in 1972, but he lost. At one point, he was President of the Progressive Conservative organization in Montreal.Death
He died on
January 23 ,2006 inMontreal at the age of 96.Footnotes
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