{{Short description|Canadian politician (1927–2009)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | image_size = | name = Alice Ann Hanson | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|5|6}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|2|7|1927|5|6}} | birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | death_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | constituency = Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly | term_start = June 15, 1993 | term_end = March 11, 1997 | predecessor = New District | successor = District Abolished | party = Liberal | occupation = Politician }} '''Alice Ann Hanson''' (née '''Brown'''; May 6, 1927 – February 7, 2009) was a Canadian politician from Alberta. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 1997 as a member of the Liberal caucus in opposition.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NQPwAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Hanson,+Alice+ann%22+1927|title=Guide Parlementaire Canadien|year=1994|isbn=9780921925545}}</ref>
==Political career== Hanson ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature as a Liberal candidate in the electoral district of Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly in the 1993 general election. She defeated incumbent John McInnis and future MLA Ron Liepert.<ref name=elec1>{{cite web|title=Election results for Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly, 1993|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1993&Constit=Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly|website=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612230641/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1993&Constit=Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly|archivedate=12 June 2011}}</ref>
Hanson served as the Native Affairs Critic and Social Services Critic for the official opposition. She did not run for re-election in 1997.<ref name="death">{{cite hansard|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_27/session_2/20090217_1330_01_han.pdf|title=Province of Alberta: The 27th Legislature Second Session|house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta|date=February 17, 2009|page=65}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/alice-ann-hanson/article4214732/|title=Alice Ann Hanson}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing] *[http://www.nisto.com/cree/lubicon/1993/19930706.html State of politics in Alberta] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120324083342/http://www.seemagazine.com/article/city-life/city/hanson0226/ See Magazine]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanson, Alice}} Category:1927 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Alberta Liberal Party MLAs Category:Politicians from Edmonton Category:Women MLAs in Alberta Category:20th-century Canadian women politicians Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta