{{Short description|Canadian politician (1940–2009)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Stan Hagen | caption = | birth_name = Stanley Brian Hagen | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|3|11}}<ref name="CPG91">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AhiJAAAAMAAJ&q=%22hagen,+Hon.+Stanley%22++comox|title = Guide Parlementaire Canadien|year = 1991|isbn = 9780921925408}}</ref> | death_date = {{death date and age|2009|1|20|1940|3|11}} | birth_place = New Westminster, British Columbia | death_place = Victoria, British Columbia | constituency_AM = Comox Valley | assembly = British Columbia Legislative | term_start = May 16, 2001 | term_end = January 20, 2009 | predecessor = Evelyn Gillespie | successor = Don McRae | constituency_AM1 = Comox | assembly1 = British Columbia Legislative | term_start1 = October 22, 1986 | term_end1 = October 17, 1991 | predecessor1 = Karen Sanford | successor1 = Margaret Lord | party = Social Credit → BC Liberal | spouse = {{marriage|Judith Robins|September 16, 1967}} | alma_mater = Pacific Lutheran University | occupation = }} '''Stanley Brian Hagen''' (March 11, 1940 – January 20, 2009) was a Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia on two separate occasions. He was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the riding of Comox from 1986 to 1991 as part of the British Columbia Social Credit Party (Socred), and MLA for the riding of Comox Valley as part of the British Columbia Liberal Party from 2001 until his death. During his political career, he served as minister for 10 different ministries;<ref name="CBC090121"/> he was the Minister of Agriculture and Lands when he died.
==Background== Stan Hagen was born in New Westminster to mother Sigrid Thompson and father Baard Hagen,<ref name="CPG91"/> a butcher who operated a meat and grocery store in that city; Baard was originally from Norway.<ref name="WOA">{{cite web |url=http://www.walkofachievement.com/honourees/honourable-stan-hagen/ |title = Comox Valley Walk of Achievement honours Stanley B. Hagen, MLA}}</ref> After graduating from Pacific Lutheran University in 1963,<ref name="PLU98">{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/plu-archives/docs/1997-1998_v.28_no.1-4/55 |title=Class Notes |work=Pacific Lutheran Scene |publisher=Pacific Lutheran University |year=1998 |access-date=2024-01-29 }}</ref> Stan Hagen married Judith Robins in 1967, with whom he had five children.<ref name="CPG91"/> He had lived in the Comox Valley since 1968 with his family, working as a comptroller for a construction company before starting his own ready-mix concrete business.<ref name="BCLeg38">{{cite web |url=https://www.leg.bc.ca/Pages/BCLASS-Legacy.aspx#%2Fcontent%2Flegacy%2Fweb%2Fmla%2F38thparl%2Fhagen.htm |title=38th Parliament Members at dissolution on April 14, 2009: MLA: Hon. Stan Hagen (Deceased) 1940-2009 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |access-date=2024-01-29}}</ref> From 1972 to 1978 he served as a trustee with the Comox Valley School District.<ref name="BCLeg38"/><ref name="CPG05">{{Cite web |title=Hagen, Hon. Stan (Comox Valley) Deputy Premier and Minister of Children and Family Development |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/hagen-hon-stan-comox-valley-deputy-premier-and-minister-children-and-family-development |publisher=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |accessdate=2024-01-29}}</ref>
==Politics== ===Social Credit Party=== Running for the Social Credit Party, Hagen was first elected to the provincial legislature in 1986 to represent the riding of Comox.<ref name="CPG91"/><ref name="BCLeg38"/><ref name="CPG05"/> He was named to the cabinet of Premier Bill Vander Zalm that November as Minister of Continuing Education and Job Training; his title was modified to Minister of Advanced Education and Job Training one month later.<ref name="VanderZalmCabinet">{{cite web|title=Vander Zalm Cabinet: 33rd-34th Parliament 1986-1991 |url=https://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/reference/vanderzalmcabinet.pdf|publisher=Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|accessdate=2024-01-29}}</ref> He resigned from the post in July 1987 amidst allegations of conflict of interest involving his ready-mix company, but was re-instated that August.<ref name="VanderZalmCabinet"/> He additionally served as Minister of State for the Vancouver Island/Coast Region between October 1987 and July 1988, and as Minister Responsible for Science and Technology from July 1988 to November 1989.<ref name="BCLeg38"/><ref name="VanderZalmCabinet"/>
He was re-assigned in November 1989 as Minister of Regional and Economic Development, before becoming Minister of Education in December 1990.<ref name="VanderZalmCabinet"/> Hagen was best known for being integral in the creation of Science World and for his support of the TRIUMF particle accelerator at the University of British Columbia.<ref name="WOA"/> Following Vander Zalm's resignation as premier in April 1991, Hagen continued as Minister of Education in Rita Johnston's cabinet, and briefly covered the portfolio of Advanced Education, Training and Technology in the month of May 1991.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rita Johnston Cabinet: 34th Parliament 1991 |url=https://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/reference/johnstoncabinet.pdf|publisher=Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|accessdate=2024-01-29}}</ref> He lost his seat in the 1991 election when all but seven Socred MLAs were defeated.
===Liberal Party=== He worked at a paving company as general manager until his return to politics in 2001, when he ran for the BC Liberals in the riding of Comox Valley in that year's provincial election, defeating incumbent New Democratic Party candidate Evelyn Gillespie.<ref name="CBC090121"/><ref name="BCLeg38"/> He was named to Premier Gordon Campbell's cabinet as Minister of Sustainable Resource Management that June, and additionally served as Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries from January to April 2003 while John van Dongen was under investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.<ref name="CampbellCabinet">{{cite web|title=Campbell Cabinet: 37th Parliament 2001-2005, 38th Parliament 2005-2009, 39th Parliament 2009-2011 |url=https://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/reference/campbell_cabinet.pdf|publisher=Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|accessdate=2024-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fish-farm-critics-take-aim-at-hagen-1.400517 |title=Fish farm critics take aim at Hagen |publisher=CBC News |date=2003-01-29 |access-date=2023-12-18 }}</ref> He was re-assigned as Minister of Human Resources in January 2004, then replaced the outgoing Christy Clark as Minister of Children and Family Development that September.<ref name="CampbellCabinet"/> He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2004 and received treatment.<ref name="CBC090121"/>
After winning re-election in 2005, he kept the same post in the Campbell cabinet before being named Minister of Tourism, Sport and the Arts in August 2006.<ref name="CampbellCabinet"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/campbell-shakes-up-cabinet-1.605343|title=Campbell shakes up cabinet|date=2006-08-15|publisher=CBC News|accessdate=2024-01-29}}</ref> He served as Minister of Agriculture and Lands from June 2008 until January 20, 2009, when he died of a massive heart attack at the age of 68.<ref name="CBC090121">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cabinet-minister-hagen-s-sudden-death-a-great-loss-premier-1.797387|title=Cabinet minister Hagen's sudden death a 'great loss': premier|date=2009-01-21|publisher=CBC News|accessdate=2024-01-29}}</ref>
==Honours== He received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Simon Fraser University in June 1998.<ref name="PLU98"/><ref name="BCLeg38"/> In August 2009, Hagen was inducted into the Comox Valley Walk of Achievement.<ref name="WOA"/> In December 2011, Hagen was memorialized by the Salvation Army, which renamed its Victoria Family Centre the "Stan Hagen Centre for Families".<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211206/yI8SZKQB3dI Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307143647/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI8SZKQB3dI Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI8SZKQB3dI| title = Stan Hagen Centre | website=YouTube| date = December 3, 2011 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Stan Hagen Nature Park<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/park-in-crown-isle-renamed-stan-hagen-nature-park-3024896|title=Park in Crown Isle renamed Stan Hagen Nature Park|date=2023-08-24|publisher=Comox Valley Record|first=Connor|last=McDowell|accessdate=2024-01-29}}</ref> and Stan Hagen Theatre, both in the city of Courtenay, were named in his honour.
While still in office, he was honoured by the K'omoks First Nation with the name "Ti’ axwsam" (Red Cod).<ref name="WOA"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ca.linkedin.com/pub/dallas-smith/34/753/750 |title=Dallas Smith | LinkedIn |access-date=2015-01-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150127124515/https://ca.linkedin.com/pub/dallas-smith/34/753/750 |archive-date=2015-01-27 }}</ref>
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