- Hugh Hanrahan
Infobox Politician
name = Hugh Hanrahan
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office = CanadianMember of Parliament
term_start = 1993
term_end = 1997
predecessor =Scott Thorkelson
successor =Rahim Jaffer
constituency =Edmonton—Strathcona
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birth_date =January 16 ,1947
birth_place = flagicon|Nova ScotiaAntigonish, Nova Scotia ,Canada
death_date = death date and age|1999|5|19|1947|1|16
death_place = flagicon|CanadaCanada
party =Reform Party of Canada
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spouse = Dianne Hanrahan
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children = Margaret Hanrahan
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occupation = Author and teacher
religion = Catholic
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footnotes =Hugh F. Hanrahan BA, BEd, MEd (
January 16 1947 -May 19 1999 ) was a member of theCanadian House of Commons for theEdmonton—Strathcona electoral district from 1993 to 1997. His career has been ineducation andwriting .Hanrahan was born in
Antigonish, Nova Scotia , where he would study arts and education atSt. Francis Xavier University , then moved to Ottawa to obtain a Masters degree in education at theUniversity 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. [cite news | title=Teacher, former MP mourned | publisher=Edmonton Journal | date=25 May 1999 | page=B2 | first=Johanna | last=Kowal ]References
External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=129&s=M Parliament of Canada: Hugh Hanrahan] , accessed
3 August 2006
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/36/1/parlbus/chambus/house/debates/240_1999-06-08/han240_1515-e.htm House of Commons Debates (Hansard)] ,8 June 1999 , "The Late Hugh Hanrahan", accessed3 August 2006
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