Earl Hardy

Earl M. Hardy
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
August 17, 1948 – June 17, 1963
Preceded by James McPherson
Succeeded by District abolished
Constituency Bruce
Personal details
Born September 6, 1913
Died January 15, 2000(2000-01-15) (aged 86)
Political party Social Credit
Spouse(s) Mary
Residence Holden, Alberta
Occupation school teacher, politician

Earl M. Hardy (September 6, 1913 – January 15, 2000) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1948 to 1963 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.

Political career

Hardy ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the electoral district of Bruce as a Social Credit candidate in the 1948 Alberta general election. He defeated two other candidates by a wide margin to hold the seat for his party.[1]

Hardy ran for a second term in the 1952 Alberta general election. He held his seat easily defeating two other candidates with most of his 1948 popular vote to return to office.[2]

The 1955 Alberta general election would see a closely contested race. Hardy ran for re-election in a four way race. His toughest opponent was Liberal candidate Claire Liden who polled a strong second on the first count. The election went to a third count with Hardy edging out Liden by 72 votes on the final preferences to return to his third term in office.[3]

Hardy ran for a fourth term in the 1959 Alberta general election. He would face Liden for the second time as well as two other candidates. Hardy won a landslide majority while Liden's vote collapsed causing him to finish third.[4]

Hardy retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the assembly in 1963. He died on January 15, 2000.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Bruce results 1948". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Bruce results 1952". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Bruce results 1955". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Bruce results 1959". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Lao Annual Report" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. p. 55. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
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