Stan hagen biography

Stanley Brian Hagen was a Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia on two separate occasions.

Stan worked for a construction company but later started an independent ready-mix company.

Stanley Brian Hagen (March 11, – January 20, ) was a Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia on two separate.

Stanley Hagen was born on March 19, , in New Westminster, BC, to Baard and Sigrid Hagen, hard-working Norwegian immigrants.

HAGEN, HON. STAN (Comox Valley) Deputy Premier and Minister of Children and Family Development.

Stanley Brian Hagen (March 11, – January 20, ) was a Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia on two separate..

The Honourable Stanley B. Hagen

MLA Comox Riding, Cabinet Minister

Inducted: August 22,

Being inducted into the Comox Valley Walk of Achievement would have pleased the late Honourable Stanley B.

Hagen. It shows that the local community appreciated the work he accomplished in his 13 years in provincial government.

He always said he that he learnt about politics by serving on the Church Council. He learnt his social conscience watching his father who had been a Salvation Army Officer in Oslo, Norway.

About Stan Hagen.

Stan’s father, Baard Hagen, a butcher by trade, immigrated to New Westminster where he opened Hagen’s Meats and Groceries. As a small boy, Stan learnt that many people bought their groceries on “credit”, but his father never pressed anyone for payment.

He learnt that you had to help people through their trouble.

The Hagen family moved to the Comox Valley in Stan became active in the community sitting on the Courtenay Advisory Planning Commission and served as Coordinator of Big Br