Frederick George Jacob Hahn (3 November 1911 – 5 February 1963) was a Social Credit party member of the

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. He was born in

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and became a business executive, merchant, principal and teacher by career. He was first elected at the

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riding in the 1953 general election. He was re-elected there for a second and final term in the 1957 election. Results listed as George Hahn. In

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, Hahn was defeated by William McLennan of the Progressive Conservative party. Hahn ran to succeed

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at the 1961 Social Credit leadership convention 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

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

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* 1911 births 1963 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia Social Credit Party of Canada MPs Canadian merchants {{BritishColumbia-politician-stub