Earl Hardy

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.

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]

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