Hector Lang
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|9|5}}
| death_date ={{Death date and age|1952|3|11|1871|9|5}}
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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
| constituency = Medicine Hat
| term_start = May 1, 1928
| term_end = August 22, 1935
| predecessor = Charles Pingle
| successor = John Robinson
| party = Liberal
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Hector Lang (September 5, 1871 – March 11, 1952) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1928 to 1935 sitting with the opposition Liberal caucus.
Political career
Lang ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in a by-election held in the Medicine Hat electoral district on May 1, 1928. Lang faced three other candidates winning almost 40% to head the polls on the first count. On the second count Lang was just shy of a majority. He won the district on the third count to earn his first term in office and hold the district for the Liberals.{{cite news|title=Second Counts All Served to Increase Majority For Lang|publisher=Lethbridge Daily Herald|date=May 3, 1928|page=2}}
Two years later Lang would run for a second term in office in the 1930 Alberta general election. Like the by-election in 1928 this election would also go to transfers. On the first count Lang nearly won outright winning almost 46% of the vote. He won on the second count after second place choices gave him nearly 60%.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1930&Constit=Medicine_Hat| title=Medicine Hat Official Results 1930 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=March 6, 2010}}
Lang would run for a third term in office in the 1935 Alberta general election. He would be defeated in a landslide by Social Credit candidate John Robinson finishing a distant second in the three way race.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1935&Constit=Medicine_Hat| title=Medicine Hat Official Results 1935 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=March 6, 2010}}
References
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External links
- {{AlbertaMLAbio|ID=0190}}
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Category:Alberta Liberal Party MLAs
Category:Mayors of Medicine Hat
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta