Provincial Politics
After his defeat from the Canadian House of Commons, Hansell ran for the Alberta Legislature in the 1959 Alberta general election. In that election he defeated incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Ross Ellis. Hansell served for 1 term as a backbencher in the Social Credit government before retiring from provincial politics in 1963.
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