Lois Haggen

Lois Haggen
MLA for Grand Forks-Greenwood
In office 1956–1966
Preceded by	Rupert Haggen
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
Personal details
Born	Lois Mabel Hill (1899-09-16)September 16, 1899 Mobile, Alabama
Died	February 28, 1994(1994-02-28) (aged 94) Grand Forks, British Columbia
Political party	CCF → New Democrat
Spouse	Rupert Haggen
Residence(s)	Grand Forks, British Columbia

Lois Mabel Haggen, (née Hill; September 16, 1899 – February 28, 1994) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Grand Forks-Greenwood in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1956 to 1966. She was a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, which became the New Democratic Party during her term in office.

Born in Mobile, Alabama in 1899,[1] she came to Canada and worked as a secretary.[2] In 1925, she married Rupert Williams Haggen.[3] After her husband became seriously ill, she succeeded him in the provincial assembly.[2]

Following riding redistribution for the 1966 provincial election, Haggen ran for re-election in the new Boundary-Similkameen district, but was defeated by Frank Richter, Jr.

In 1966, Haggen went to the United Nations as Canada's representative on the Human Rights Committee.[2] She died at Grand Forks in February 1994.[4]

References

1. "Women MLAs in British Columbia" Archived 2011-02-20 at the Wayback Machine. Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
2. Webster, Daisy (1970). Growth of the N.D.P. in B.C., 1900-1970: 81 political biographies.
3. "Vital Event Marriages (1872-1935)". BC Archives. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
4. "Lois Haggen 1899-1994", B.C. Historical News,(Spring 1994).