King Hazen

King Hazen
Member of Parliament for St. John—Albert
In office March 1940 – June 1949
Preceded by	Allan McAvity
Succeeded by	Daniel Aloysius Riley
Personal details
Born	Douglas King Hazen (1885-09-30)30 September 1885 Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died	4 July 1974(1974-07-04) (aged 88)
Political party	National Government Progressive Conservative
Profession	barrister

King Hazen (30 September 1885 – 4 July 1974) was a Progressive Conservative party and National Government member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick and became a barrister by career.

He was first elected to Parliament under the National Government (Conservative) party banner at the St. John—Albert riding in the 1940 general election after an unsuccessful campaign there as a Conservative in 1935. He was re-elected in 1945 as a Progressive Conservative for another term then defeated in the 1949 election by Daniel Aloysius Riley of the Liberal party.

Electoral record

1949 Canadian federal election: Saint John—Rothesay
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel Riley	18,691	48.9	+7.8
	Progressive Conservative	King Hazen	17,052	44.7	-2.1
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Raymond McAfee	2,445	6.4	-5.6
Total valid votes			38,188	100.0

1945 Canadian federal election: Saint John—Rothesay
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	King Hazen	16,205	46.8	-3.5
	Liberal	David Lawrence MacLaren	14,248	41.1	-6.1
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Arrowsmith	761	12.0	+9.5
Total valid votes			31,214	100.0

1940 Canadian federal election: Saint John—Rothesay
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Government	King Hazen	15,110	50.3	+13.4
	Liberal	Allan McAvity	14,197	47.2	-0.8
	Co-operative Commonwealth	James Fritch	761	2.5	+2.5
Total valid votes			30,068	100.0

Note: popular vote is compared to 1935 general election.

External links

• King Hazen – Parliament of Canada biography