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He was third vice-president of the CNoR, president of the Canadian Northern Quebec Railway Company and of the Quebec And Lake St. John Railway Company. After the federal government took control of the bankrupt CNoR in 1918 , Hanna was named president of the reorganized company in September 1918 . He was appointed the first president of the Board of Directors of the Canadian National Railway s in 1919 . He retired in 1922 and was appointed first chairman of the Ontario Liquor Control Board 1927 - 28 . Sir Henry Thornton ( 1871 - 1933 ) succeeded him as second president of the CNR. The town of Hanna, Alberta is named after him. REFERENCES
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