# Frank Hanley

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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{for|the American labor union leader|Frank Hanley (unionist)}}
{{distinguish|Frank Handley|Frank Hanly}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name             = Frank Hanley
| honorific_suffix = 
| image            = Frank "Francis Frank" Hanley, 1909-2006 (cropped).jpg
| office           = Member of the [Legislative Assembly of Quebec](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Quebec) for [Sainte-Anne](/source/Sainte-Anne_(provincial_electoral_district))
| predecessor      = District created
| successor        = [George Springate](/source/George_Springate)
| term_start       = 1966
| term_end         = 1970
| office2          = Member of the [Legislative Assembly of Quebec](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Quebec) for [Montréal–Sainte-Anne](/source/Montr%C3%A9al%E2%80%93Sainte-Anne)
| predecessor2     = [Thomas Guérin](/source/Thomas_Gu%C3%A9rin)
| successor2       = District abolished
| term_start2      = 1948
| term_end2        = 1966
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1909|4|5}}
| birth_place      = Montreal, Quebec
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2006|1|23|1909|4|5}}
| death_place      = Montreal, Quebec
| spouse           = 
| party            = Independent
| relations        = 
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}}
'''Francis Frank Hanley''' (April 5, 1909 &ndash; January 23, 2006) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) politician of [Irish](/source/Irish-Canadian) descent from [Montreal](/source/Montreal).<ref>{{Quebec MNA biography|hanley-frank-3593}}</ref>

==Background==

Frank Hanley was born on April 5, 1909, in [Montreal](/source/Montreal).  He was the son of John Hanley, brewer, and Stella Johnson and attended St. Ann's Boys School in [Montreal](/source/Montreal).  Prior to his political career, he had been a boxer, a jockey and a city public servant.  He also served as President of the St. Ann's Community Council. In 1945 the United Irish Societies of Montreal named him the Grand Marshal of the St. Patrick's Parade.

Hanley served simultaneously as a [City Council](/source/City_Council)lor in [Montreal](/source/Montreal) and as a Member of the [Legislative Assembly of Quebec](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Quebec).

Frank Hanley married Noreen (Hanorah) Mines in 1934 and they remained married for more than sixty years.

==Municipal politics==

Hanley ran as an [Independent](/source/Independent_(politician)) candidate to the [Montreal City Council](/source/Montreal_City_Council) in the district of [Sainte-Anne](/source/Sainte-Anne_(provincial_electoral_district)) in 1940, and he won. He was re-elected in 1942, 1944, 1947, 1950, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1962, and 1966, but he did not run for re-election in 1970.

==Provincial politics==

Hanley ran as an [Independent](/source/Independent_(politician)) candidate to the legislature in the district of [Montréal–Sainte-Anne](/source/Montr%C3%A9al%E2%80%93Sainte-Anne) against [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Quebec) [incumbent](/source/incumbent) [Thomas Guérin](/source/Thomas_Gu%C3%A9rin) in [1948](/source/1948_Quebec_general_election), and he won. He was re-elected in [1952](/source/1952_Quebec_general_election), [1956](/source/1956_Quebec_general_election), [1960](/source/1960_Quebec_general_election), and [1962](/source/1962_Quebec_general_election); he was elected in [Sainte-Anne](/source/Sainte-Anne_(provincial_electoral_district)) in [1966](/source/1966_Quebec_general_election). He was defeated by Liberal [George Springate](/source/George_Springate) in [1970](/source/1970_Quebec_general_election) and [1973](/source/1973_Quebec_general_election).

==Federal politics==

He also ran as an [Independent](/source/Independent_(politician)) candidate to the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) in the district of [St. Henri](/source/St._Henri_(electoral_district)) in [1972](/source/1972_Canadian_federal_election), but he lost. At one point, he was President of the [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada) organization in Montreal.

==Death==

He died on January 23, 2006, in [Montreal](/source/Montreal) at the age of 96.

==Electoral record (partial)==
{{1966 Quebec general election/Sainte-Anne}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:1909 births
Category:2006 deaths
Category:Canadian people of Irish descent
Category:Quebec people of Irish descent
Category:Montreal city councillors
Category:Anglophone Quebec people
Category:Independent MNAs in Quebec
Category:Independent candidates in the 1972 Canadian federal election
Category:20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec

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