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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
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| name             = Frank Hanley
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| office           = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Quebec]] for [[Sainte-Anne (provincial electoral district)|Sainte-Anne]]
| predecessor      = District created
| successor        = [[George Springate]]
| term_start       = 1966
| term_end         = 1970

| office2          = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Quebec]] for [[Montréal–Sainte-Anne]]
| predecessor2     = [[Thomas Guérin]]
| successor2       = District abolished
| term_start2      = 1948
| term_end2        = 1966

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| birth_place      = Montreal, Quebec
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2006|1|23|1909|4|5}}
| death_place      = Montreal, Quebec
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| party            = Independent
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'''Francis Frank Hanley''' (April 5, 1909 &ndash; January 23, 2006) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician of [[Irish-Canadian|Irish]] descent from [[Montreal]].<ref>{{QuebecMNAbio|hanley-frank-3593}}</ref>

==Background==

Frank Hanley was born on April 5, 1909, in [[Montreal]].  He was the son of John Hanley, brewer, and Stella Johnson and attended St. Ann's Boys School in [[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]]lor in [[Montreal]] and as a Member of the [[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 (politician)|Independent]] candidate to the [[Montreal City Council]] in the district of [[Sainte-Anne (provincial electoral district)|Sainte-Anne]] 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 (politician)|Independent]] candidate to the legislature in the district of [[Montréal–Sainte-Anne]] against [[Liberal Party of Quebec|Liberal]] [[incumbent]] [[Thomas Guérin]] in [[1948 Quebec general election|1948]], and he won. He was re-elected in [[1952 Quebec general election|1952]], [[1956 Quebec general election|1956]], [[1960 Quebec general election|1960]], and [[1962 Quebec general election|1962]]; he was elected in [[Sainte-Anne (provincial electoral district)|Sainte-Anne]] in [[1966 Quebec general election|1966]]. He was defeated by Liberal [[George Springate]] in [[1970 Quebec general election|1970]] and [[1973 Quebec general election|1973]].

==Federal politics==

He also ran as an [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] candidate to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the district of [[St. Henri (electoral district)|St. Henri]] in [[1972 Canadian federal election|1972]], but he lost. At one point, he was President of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] organization in Montreal.

==Death==

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

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

==References==
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[[Category:Independent MNAs in Quebec]]
[[Category:Independent candidates in the 1972 Canadian federal election]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec]]