death_place death_date predecessor birth_place successor party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
halifax , nova scotia 11 november 1940 '' new riding '' hunt 's point , nova scotia ronald manning fielding nova scotia liberal party mla for halifax west 1 july 1878 1933 george e. hagen
 1940 george e. hagen
george e. hagen

george e. hagen -lrb- july 1 , 1878 -- november 11 , 1940 -rrb- 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 .
born in 1878 at hunt 's point , nova scotia , hagen was a plumbing and heating contractor by career .
he married della dobson .
he served as president of the nova scotia liberal party .
hagen entered provincial politics in the 1933 election , winning the halifax west riding .
he was re-elected in 1937 .
he served in the executive council of nova scotia as minister of industry .
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 .
he won the byelection on october 28 by acclamation .
hagen died in office on november 11 , 1940 .
