George E. Hagen | |
Birth Date: | 1 July 1878 |
Birth Place: | Hunt's Point, Nova Scotia |
Death Place: | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Office1: | MLA for Halifax West |
Term Start1: | 1933 |
Term End1: | 1940 |
Predecessor1: | new riding |
Successor1: | Ronald Manning Fielding |
Party: | Nova Scotia Liberal Party |
George E. Hagen (July 1, 1878 – November 11, 1940) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Halifax West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1933 to 1940. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]
Born in 1878 at Hunt's Point, Nova Scotia, Hagen was a plumbing and heating contractor by career.[2] He married Della Dobson.[2] He served as president of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[2] Hagen entered provincial politics in the 1933 election, winning the Halifax West riding.[3] He was re-elected in 1937.[4] He served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Industry.[2] In July 1940, Hagen announced he was resigning from politics, but later changed his mind and was re-nominated as the Liberal candidate for Halifax West.[5] He won the byelection on October 28 by acclamation.[1] Hagen died in office on November 11, 1940.[2]