Lorne Hugh Shantz (February 4, 1920 – October 2, 1999) was a politician in

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, Canada. He represented

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in the

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from 1952 to 1963 as a Social Credit member. He was born in

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, the son of Jacob Y. Shantz and Emma Fern Lougheed, and was educated in

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and

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. Before entering politics, Shantz was an insurance agent. In 1941, he married Genevieve E. Ansley. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the British Columbia assembly in 1949. Shantz lived in

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. He was speaker for the assembly from 1958 to 1963. In 1964, he and his family moved to Prescott, Arizona. His wife, Genevieve, died on August 4, 1968; he remarried to Marilyn (Fenwick) in 1975. Lorne Shantz died October 2, 1999, in Phoenix, Arizona.

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* 1920 births 1999 deaths Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia British Columbia Social Credit Party MLAs {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub