Lyall Hanson

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Lyall Hanson

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|7|20}}

| birth_place = Domremy, Saskatchewan

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|4|23|1929|7|20}}

| death_place=Vernon, British Columbia

| residence =

| constituency_AM1 = Okanagan-Vernon
Okanagan North (1986–1991)

| assembly1 = British Columbia Legislative

| term_start1 = October 22, 1986

| term_end1 = May 28, 1996

| predecessor1 = Lyle MacWilliam

| successor1 = April Sanders

| party = Reform Party (1994–1996)
Social Credit (1991–1994)

| religion =

| occupation =Automobile Dealer

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Lyall Franklin Hanson (July 20, 1929 – 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.{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |year=1995 |last=O'Handley |first=Kathryn}} He served as mayor of Vernon before entering provincial politics. Hanson served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Labour and Consumer Services from 1986 to 1989{{cite web |url=http://www.worksafebc.com/about_us/history/abt_20_10_30.asp |title=BC Ministers of Labour (1917 – present) |publisher=WorkSafe BC |accessdate=2012-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506124405/http://www.worksafebc.com/about_us/history/abt_20_10_30.asp |archive-date=2015-05-06 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/history/bios_stories/hanson_lyall.htm |title=Lyall Hanson (1989–1991) |work=Local Government Department History |publisher=Government of British Columbia |accessdate=2012-02-20}} He died in Vernon, British Columbia in 2018 at the age of 88.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/obituaries/lyall-franklin-hanson/|title = Lyall Franklin Hanson Obituary|date = 23 April 2018}}