King Hazen
Member of Parliament
for St. John—Albert
In office
March 1940  June 1949
Preceded byAllan McAvity
Succeeded byDaniel Aloysius Riley
Personal details
Born
Douglas King Hazen

(1885-09-30)30 September 1885
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died4 July 1974(1974-07-04) (aged 88)
Political partyNational Government
Progressive Conservative
Professionbarrister

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%±%
LiberalDaniel Riley18,69148.9+7.8
Progressive ConservativeKing Hazen17,05244.7-2.1
Co-operative CommonwealthRaymond McAfee2,4456.4-5.6
Total valid votes 38,188100.0
1945 Canadian federal election: Saint John—Rothesay
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeKing Hazen16,20546.8-3.5
LiberalDavid Lawrence MacLaren14,24841.1-6.1
Co-operative CommonwealthWilliam Arrowsmith76112.0+9.5
Total valid votes 31,214100.0
1940 Canadian federal election: Saint John—Rothesay
Party Candidate Votes%±%
National GovernmentKing Hazen15,11050.3+13.4
LiberalAllan McAvity14,19747.2-0.8
Co-operative CommonwealthJames Fritch7612.5+2.5
Total valid votes 30,068100.0

Note: popular vote is compared to 1935 general election.

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