Frederick George Hahn was a Social Credit party

Social Credit Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Killaly, Saskatchewan

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 and became a business executive, merchant, principal and teacher by career.

He was first elected at the New Westminster

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 riding in the 1953 general election

Canadian federal election, 1953

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. He was re-elected there for a second and final term in the 1957 election

Canadian federal election, 1957

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. In 1958

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, Hahn was defeated by William McLennan

William McLennan (politician)

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 of the Progressive Conservative party

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Hahn ran to succeed Solon Low at the 1961 Social Credit leadership convention

Social Credit Party of Canada leadership conventions

The Canadian social credit movement first contested the 1935 federal election in order to capitalize from the Alberta Social Credit League's surprise victory in Alberta's August 1935 provincial election...

 but came in third. A few weeks prior to the convention, he unsuccessfully campaigned for another Parliament seat in a 29 May 1961 by-election at Esquimalt—Saanich

Esquimalt—Saanich

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. He placed fourth with 19% of the vote. He subsequently ran unsuccessfully in the 1962 election

Canadian federal election, 1962

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 at Vancouver Centre

Vancouver Centre

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