Peter (Swede) Hanson (August 22, 1925 - September 17, 1986) was a Canadian politician, who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Yukon from 1978 to 1982.
[1] He represented the electoral district of Mayo as a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party, and served in the Executive Council of Yukon as minister of consumer and corporate affairs, tourism, economic development and renewable resources in the government of Chris Pearson.
[2] Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Hanson served in Canada's Black Watch Regiment during World War II.
[4] By the time of his decision to run in the 1978 Yukon general election, Hanson was so well known in Mayo that he only half-jokingly ran on the theme that he did not need to actually conduct a campaign.
[7] He was later appointed as chair of the legislature's first select committee to debate and discuss improvements to its new wildlife management legislation.