Anita Hagen
Anita Mae Joan Hagen was a Canadian politician, who served as a New Democratic Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1996, representing the riding of New Westminster. She took on the high-profile posts of Deputy Premier of British Columbia and Minister of Education when the NDP formed government in 1991, but stepped down from cabinet in 1993. She retired from active politics in 1996 at the age of 65.
In 2005, she was part of the successful Know STV campaign in British Columbia. Hagen died of cancer at Vancouver General Hospital in June 2015.
