Hannes Marino Hannesson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Hannes Marino.

Hannes Marino Hannesson (November 27, 1884 – June 11, 1958) was a Member of Parliament for Manitoba and a lawyer.^[1]

Colonel Hannes Marino Hannesson
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Selkirk
In office 1925–1926
Preceded by	Leland Payson Bancroft
Succeeded by	Leland Payson Bancroft
Personal details
Born	(1884-11-27)November 27, 1884 Eyjafjord, Iceland
Died	July 11, 1958(1958-07-11) (aged 73) Victoria, British Columbia
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Kristrun Johnson
Children	Betty Hannesson, Richard Hannesson, Barbara Smythe, Petie N Deveer
Occupation	lawyer, soldier

Born in Iceland, Hannesson's family immigrated to Canada and settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1886 where he was schooled. He attended the University of Manitoba and trained as a lawyer, being called to the Manitoba bar in 1905 and practiced law in Winnipeg and Selkirk, Manitoba.

During World War I, Hannesson joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force and saw action in France. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1916, captain and then major in 1916 and then lieutenant-colonel in 1917.

He entered politics after the war and was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative MP for Selkirk defeating Liberal-Progressive MP Leland Payson Bancroft. The election returned a minority parliament and Hannenson was defeated by Bancroft a year later in the 1926 federal election and returned to private life. He died in Victoria, British Columbia in 1958 at the age of 73.^[2]

References

1. Líndal, W.J. (1967). The Icelanders in Canada. National Publishers and Viking Printer. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
2. . search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

External links

• Hannes Marino Hannesson – Parliament of Canada biography
• Manitoba Historical Society biography