Arthur Charles Hardy

The Hon.
Arthur Charles Hardy
Senator for Leeds, Ontario
In office
February 10, 1922  March 13, 1962
Appointed by William Lyon Mackenzie King
Speaker of the Canadian Senate
In office
May 13, 1930  September 2, 1930
Preceded by Hewitt Bostock
Succeeded by Pierre Édouard Blondin
Personal details
Born (1872-12-03)December 3, 1872
Brantford, Ontario
Died March 16, 1962(1962-03-16) (aged 89)
Brockville, Ontario
Political party Liberal
Relations George Taylor Fulford, father-in-law

Arthur Charles Hardy, PC (December 3, 1872 March 13, 1962) was a Canadian politician.[1]

Born in Brantford, Ontario, he ran for the Canadian House of Commons 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, he was called to the Canadian Senate representing the senatorial division of Leeds, Ontario.[1] A Liberal, he served forty years until his death in 1962. In 1930, he was the Speaker of the Canadian Senate.[1]

He was a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School,[1] and 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 named as a corporate director of Dominion Life.[3]

Hardy was the son of Ontario Premier Arthur Sturgis Hardy.[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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