Hector Daniel Lang (born April 3, 1948) is a Canadian former politician, who was a

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member of the

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from 2009 to 2017. He was appointed on the advice of

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to the Senate on January 2, 2009.

Political career

He was previously a Progressive Conservative member of the

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, 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

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from 1974 to 1978 in the district of

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. 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.

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* Living people 1948 births Canadian senators from Yukon Conservative Party of Canada senators People from Dawson Creek Yukon Party MLAs Politicians from Whitehorse Members of the Yukon Territorial Council 21st-century Canadian politicians {{Yukon-politician-stub