Daniel Lang (Yukon politician)
Encyclopedia
Hector Daniel Lang 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.
member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
, representing the electoral district of Whitehorse Porter Creek East
from 1978 to 1992.
His brother Archie Lang
is currently a cabinet minister in the Yukon.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
politician and a Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
member of the Canadian Senate
Canadian Senate
The Senate of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the House of Commons, and the monarch . The Senate consists of 105 members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister...
. He was appointed on the advice of Stephen Harper
Stephen Harper
Stephen Joseph Harper is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election...
to the Senate on January 2, 2009.
Political career
He was previously a Progressive ConservativeYukon Progressive Conservative Party
The Yukon Progressive Conservative Party was a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It is now known as the Yukon Party.-History:...
member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
Yukon Legislative Assembly
-History:From 1900 to 1978, the elected legislative body in the Yukon was the Yukon Territorial Council, a ten-member body which did not act as the primary government, but was a non-partisan advisory body to the Commissioner of the Yukon...
, representing the electoral district of Whitehorse Porter Creek East
Porter Creek North
Porter Creek North is an electoral district which returns a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada...
from 1978 to 1992.
His brother Archie Lang
Archie Lang
Archie Lang is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Porter Creek Centre in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011.-Political career:...
is currently a cabinet minister in the Yukon.