Background
Gaston Hardy was born in 1917 in Portneuf, Quebec.
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He completed commercial scientific studies in 1934 in Trois-Rivièresearch
Career
He was the 13th Mayor of the City of Shawinigan Falls, from 1954 to 1957. In 1942, he settled in Shawinigan Falls, where he worked for the Aluminium Company of Canada (Alcan). He later worked as insurance agent.
He once lived at 1512, rue Saint-Joseph, in the Saint-Marc neighborhood.
He was sworn into office on July 12, 1954. During Hardy"s term, the City created a city planning department and appointed a full time city planner.
On January 14, 1957 Hardy announced his resignation as mayor for reasons of health problems, on the advice of his doctors. A by-election was called for February 11, 1957 to elect a new mayor for the remaining 10 months of the term.
The two candidates were businessman J.-Armand Foucher and alderman Fernand Bilodeau.
Hardy was the Union Nationale candidate in the district of Saint-Maurice in the 1956 and the 1960 Quebec general elections. Each time he lost against incumbent Modern Language Association René Hamel. He died in 1977 in Shawinigan.
Rue Hardy in the Shawinigan-Nord neighborhood was named to honor him.
