What is Alan Trask?
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} [[File:Alan Trask.jpg|right|200px]] '''Alan Trask''' (June 26, 1933 &ndash; January 9, 2019) was an American politician. He was born in [[Bartow, Florida]]. He was elected to the [[Florida State Senate]] for the 27th district in 1968 until 1971. He was redistricted to the 13th district in 1973, and represented it until 1982. He was a former president pro tempore of the senate and was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/fefdl/florida/Senate18452001.html|title=Florida Senators|work=ufl.edu}}</ref> He later switched to the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. Trask died on January 9, 2019 at a hospital in [[Lakeland, Florida]] from [[respiratory failure]], aged 85.<ref>[https://newschief.com/news/20190111/alan-trask-former-florida-senator-from-bartow-has-died-at-85 Alan Trask, former Florida senator from Bartow, has died at 85]</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Trask, Alan}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from respiratory failure]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Florida]] [[Category:Members of the Florida Legislature]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Politicians from Florida]] {{US-bio-stub}}