Donald Hansen
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Donald Alfred Hansen
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| birth_date ={{Birth date|1924|10|28}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|4|5|1924|10|28}}
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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
| constituency = Bonnyville
| term_start = August 30, 1971
| term_end = March 14, 1979
| predecessor = Romeo Lamothe
| successor = Ernie Isley
| party = Progressive Conservative
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Donald Alfred Hansen (1924-1981) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1979 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative party.
Political career
Hansen ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1971 Alberta general election. He won the electoral district of Bonnyville defeating two other candidates in a closely contested race to pick up the seat for the Progressive Conservatives who went on to form government in that election.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1971&Constit=Bonnyville| title=Bonnyville results 1971| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=December 3, 2009}}
Hansen ran for a second term in the 1975 Alberta general election. He won a much larger victory compared to his result in 1971 over three challenging candidates to return to the legislature.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1975&Constit=Bonnyville| title=Bonnyville results 1975| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=December 3, 2009}} He retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1979.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta