Arthur Charles Hardy

The Hon.
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 Senate of Canada
	In office; May 13, 1930 – September 2, 1930
Preceded by	Hewitt Bostock
Succeeded by	Pierre Édouard Blondin
Personal details
Born	December 3, 1872; Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Died	March 16, 1962 (aged 89); Brockville, Ontario, Canada
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 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, he was called to the Senate of Canada 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 Senate of Canada.^[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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Appointed in 1922, Was Dean of Senate". The Globe and Mail, March 14, 1962.
^ ^a ^b "Television's maverick station". The Globe and Mail, February 23, 1963.
^ "Outstanding Year for Dominion Life". The Globe and Mail, February 11, 1938.