Daniel Lang (Yukon politician)

Hector Daniel Lang (born April 3, 1948) is a Canadian former politician, who was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada from 2009 to 2017. He was appointed on the advice of Stephen Harper to the Senate on January 2, 2009.[2]

The Honourable

Daniel Lang
Senator from Yukon
In office
January 2, 2009 – August 15, 2017[1]
Nominated byStephen Harper
Appointed byMichaëlle Jean
Preceded byIone Christensen
Succeeded byPat Duncan
MLA for Whitehorse Porter Creek East
In office
1978–1992
Preceded byfirst member
Succeeded byriding dissolved
Personal details
Born
Hector Daniel Lang

(1948-04-03) April 3, 1948
Dawson Creek, British Columbia
Political partyYukon Party
Other political
affiliations		Conservative

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 in the district of Whitehorse Porter Creek.[3]

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

Lang was eligible to remain in the Senate until his 75th birthday in 2023 but in 2017 he announced that he was retiring early from the Senate in order to spend more time with his family.[4]

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gollark: I told you, I am NOT HERE.
gollark: I'm already not here.
gollark: No, that is in a week.
gollark: Obviously I'm not here.

References
  1. "ParlInfo Has Moved". lop.parl.ca. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. "Senators - Detailed Information". Parliament of Canada. Archived from the original on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  3. "60 pct. voter turnout elects Yukon council". Vancouver Sun, November 20, 1974.
  4. "Yukon Senator Daniel Lang retiring from the upper chamber". Retrieved 5 February 2018.


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