Alan Trask

Alan Trask (June 26, 1933 – 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. He later switched to the Republican Party.
Trask died on January 9, 2019 at a hospital in Lakeland, Florida from respiratory failure, aged 85.