Daniel Lang (Yukon politician)

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The Honourable
Hector Daniel Lang
Senator from Yukon
Assumed office
January 2, 2009
Nominated by Stephen Harper
Appointed by Michaëlle Jean
Preceded by Ione Christensen
MLA for Whitehorse Porter Creek East
In office
1978–1992
Preceded by first member
Succeeded by riding dissolved
Personal details
Born (1948-04-03) April 3, 1948
Dawson Creek, British Columbia
Political party Yukon Party
Other political
affiliations
Conservative

Hector Daniel Lang (born April 3, 1948) is a Canadian politician and a Conservative member of the Canadian Senate. He was appointed on the advice of Stephen Harper to the Senate on January 2, 2009.[1] He has four children, Mollie Lang, Danielle Lang, Heather Deuling, and Hector Lang.

Political career

He was previously a Progressive Conservative member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly, representing the electoral district of Whitehorse Porter Creek East from 1978 to 1992. Prior to the creation of the legislative assembly in 1978, he served a term on the non-partisan Yukon Territorial Council from 1974 to 1978.

His brother Archie Lang was a cabinet minister in the Yukon prior retired from politics in 2011.

References

  1. "Senators - Detailed Information". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2008-12-23.


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