Hugh F. Hanrahan (16 January 1947 – 19 May 1999) was a member of the
House of Commons of Canada
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for the
Edmonton—Strathcona electoral district
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
from 1993 to 1997. His career has been in
education
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and
writing
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.
Hanrahan was born in
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Antigonish ( ; ) is a town in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The town is home to St. Francis Xavier University and the oldest continuous Highland games outside Scotland. It is approximately 160 kilometres (100 miles) northeast of Halif ...
, where he would study arts and education at
St. Francis Xavier University
St. Francis Xavier University is a public undergraduate liberal arts university located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a member of the Maple League, a group of primarily undergraduate universities in Eastern Canada.
History
St. Fran ...
, then moved to Ottawa to obtain a master's degree in education at the
University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa (), often referred to as uOttawa or U of O, is a Official bilingualism in Canada, bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on directly to the northeast of Downtown Ot ...
. He moved to Edmonton where he was a teacher in the city's Roman Catholic school system for more than two decades.
He was elected to the
35th Canadian Parliament
The 35th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 17, 1994, until April 27, 1997. The membership was set by the 1993 federal election on October 25, 1993, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was di ...
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 May 1999, Hanrahan died suddenly following an acute stomach infection. He was survived by his wife and daughter.
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1947 births
1999 deaths
Canadian people of Irish descent
Canadian Roman Catholics
Infectious disease deaths in Canada
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta
People from Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Reform Party of Canada MPs
St. Francis Xavier University alumni
University of Ottawa alumni
Politicians from Edmonton
20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada