Hugh F. Hanrahan was a member of the Canadian House of Commons

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 for the Edmonton—Strathcona

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 electoral district

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 from 1993 to 1997. His career has been in education

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 and writing

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Hanrahan was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Antigonish, Nova Scotia

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, where he would study arts and education at St. Francis Xavier University

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, then moved to Ottawa to obtain a Masters degree in education at the University of Ottawa

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. He moved to Edmonton where he was a teacher in the city's Roman Catholic school system for more than two decades.

He was elected to the 35th Canadian Parliament

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 in the 1993 federal election

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 for the Reform party

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. He left Canadian politics for health reasons after his term in Parliament ended with the 1997 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1997

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. In May 1999, Hanrahan died suddenly following an acute stomach infection, leaving behind his wife and daughter.

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