Arthur Charles Hardy
Speaker of the Senate of Canada
In office
May 13, 1930  September 2, 1930
Preceded byHewitt Bostock
Succeeded byPierre Édouard Blondin
Senator for Leeds, Ontario
In office
February 10, 1922  March 13, 1962
Appointed byWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King
Personal details
Born(1872-12-03)December 3, 1872
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
DiedMarch 16, 1962(1962-03-16) (aged 89)
Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Political partyLiberal
SpouseDorothy Fulford
RelativesArthur 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]

Life and career

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]

Family

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Appointed in 1922, Was Dean of Senate". The Globe and Mail, March 14, 1962.
  2. 1 2 "Television's maverick station". The Globe and Mail, February 23, 1963.
  3. "Outstanding Year for Dominion Life". The Globe and Mail, February 11, 1938.


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