Arthur Charles Hardy | |
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Speaker of the Senate of Canada | |
In office May 13, 1930 – September 2, 1930 | |
Preceded by | Hewitt Bostock |
Succeeded by | Pierre Édouard Blondin |
Senator for Leeds, Ontario | |
In office February 10, 1922 – March 13, 1962 | |
Appointed by | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
Personal details | |
Born | Brantford, Ontario, Canada | December 3, 1872
Died | March 16, 1962 Brockville, Ontario, Canada | (aged 89)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | Dorothy Fulford |
Relatives |
Arthur Sturgis Hardy (father) George Fulford (father-in-law) |
Arthur Charles Hardy, PC (December 3, 1872 – March 13, 1962) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. [1]
Born in Brantford, Ontario, Hardy ran for the House of Commons of Canada in the Ontario riding of Leeds in the 1917 federal election. [1] Although unsuccessful in that election, he was considered a powerful and influential figure within the Liberal Party. [1]
In 1922, Hardy was called to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Leeds, Ontario. [1] A Liberal, he served in the Senate for forty years until his death in 1962. In 1930, he was the Speaker of the Senate of Canada. [1]
Hardy was a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School, [1] and he worked primarily as a lawyer. [1] He was also an owner of radio station CHML in Hamilton, [2] until the station was sold to Ken Soble in 1942. [2] In 1938, he was appointed as a corporate director of Dominion Life. [3]
Hardy was the son of Arthur Sturgis Hardy, who served as the fourth Premier of Ontario from 1896 to 1899. [1] He married Dorothy Fulford, the daughter of Senator George Taylor Fulford. [1]
Arthur Charles Hardy | |
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Speaker of the Senate of Canada | |
In office May 13, 1930 – September 2, 1930 | |
Preceded by | Hewitt Bostock |
Succeeded by | Pierre Édouard Blondin |
Senator for Leeds, Ontario | |
In office February 10, 1922 – March 13, 1962 | |
Appointed by | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
Personal details | |
Born | Brantford, Ontario, Canada | December 3, 1872
Died | March 16, 1962 Brockville, Ontario, Canada | (aged 89)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | Dorothy Fulford |
Relatives |
Arthur Sturgis Hardy (father) George Fulford (father-in-law) |
Arthur Charles Hardy, PC (December 3, 1872 – March 13, 1962) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. [1]
Born in Brantford, Ontario, Hardy ran for the House of Commons of Canada in the Ontario riding of Leeds in the 1917 federal election. [1] Although unsuccessful in that election, he was considered a powerful and influential figure within the Liberal Party. [1]
In 1922, Hardy was called to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Leeds, Ontario. [1] A Liberal, he served in the Senate for forty years until his death in 1962. In 1930, he was the Speaker of the Senate of Canada. [1]
Hardy was a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School, [1] and he worked primarily as a lawyer. [1] He was also an owner of radio station CHML in Hamilton, [2] until the station was sold to Ken Soble in 1942. [2] In 1938, he was appointed as a corporate director of Dominion Life. [3]
Hardy was the son of Arthur Sturgis Hardy, who served as the fourth Premier of Ontario from 1896 to 1899. [1] He married Dorothy Fulford, the daughter of Senator George Taylor Fulford. [1]