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Lyall Hanson

Lyall Hanson
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Okanagan-Vernon
Okanagan North (1986-1991)
In office
October 22, 1986 – May 28, 1996
Preceded by Donald Campbell
Succeeded by April Sanders
Personal details
Born (1929-07-20) July 20, 1929 (age 87)
Domremy, Saskatchewan
Political party Reform Party (1994-1996)
Social Credit (1991-1994)
Occupation Automobile Dealer


Lyall Franklin Hanson (born July 20, 1929) is a former political figure in British Columbia. He represented Okanagan North from 1986 to 1991 and Okanagan-Vernon from 1991 to 1996 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Social Credit then Reform Party member.

He was born in Domremy, Saskatchewan, the son of John Engmond Hanson and Katherine Gertrude Ruep. In 1984, Hanson married Nancy McGaw. He was a car dealer in Vernon and Vancouver. He served as mayor of Vernon before entering provincial politics. Hanson served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Labour and Consumer Services from 1986 to 1989 and as Minister of Municipal Affairs from 1989 to 1991. He was named interim leader for the Social Credit party in 1994 but soon after joined the Reform Party.



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