Jack Hardy

1924 (age 82)

Thunder Bay, Ontario

Transferred to Winnipeg in 1950, he settled in the suburban community of Saint Vital. Hardy married Catherine Mary Murray in 1945. Hardy was a municipal councillor in Saint Vital for four years, and spent a further five years as the community"s mayor. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1969 provincial election, defeating New Democratic Party candidate Jim Walding by only 23 votes in the Saint Vital electoral division. He continued to serve as mayor of Saint Vital, and was re-elected to his municipal position in late 1969. He opposed the amalgamation of Saint Vital into the new "unicity" of Winnipeg. Hardy"s time in the legislature was brief. He was absent from the province for much of 1970, and was hired as the assistant city manager for Terrance, British Columbia late in the year. Some described his behaviour during this time as erratic. He was quoted as saying, "I have to earn a living, and in Manitoba -- it is totally impossible for a politician to do it solely in politics." He left Manitoba in December 1970, and formally resigned his seat in the legislature on February 16, 1971. In the 1973 provincial election, he endorsed Liberal candidate Dan Kennedy. Hardy retired to Vernon, British Columbia, and died at home there in 2006 after a short illness. Provincial Municipal This election was determined by a single transferable ballot. The quota for election on the first ballot was 1,333 votes. Pierce, Hardy, and Winslow were declared elected to two-year terms. At the end of the fourth transfer, Button had 1,385 votes, Brown 1,197 and Smallwood 669. Button was declared elected to a one-year term, replacing the retiring Fred Brennan.

Jack Hardy

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The son of Dufferin A. Hardy and Martha Gracer, Hardy was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

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Transferred to Winnipeg in 1950, he settled in the suburban community of Saint Vital. Hardy married Catherine Mary Murray in 1945. Hardy was a municipal councillor in Saint Vital for four years, and spent a further five years as the community"s mayor.

He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1969 provincial election, defeating New Democratic Party candidate Jim Walding by only 23 votes in the Saint Vital electoral division.

He continued to serve as mayor of Saint Vital, and was re-elected to his municipal position in late 1969. He opposed the amalgamation of Saint Vital into the new "unicity" of Winnipeg.

Hardy"s time in the legislature was brief. He was absent from the province for much of 1970, and was hired as the assistant city manager for Terrance, British Columbia late in the year.

Some described his behaviour during this time as erratic.

He was quoted as saying, "I have to earn a living, and in Manitoba -- it is totally impossible for a politician to do it solely in politics." He left Manitoba in December 1970, and formally resigned his seat in the legislature on February 16, 1971. In the 1973 provincial election, he endorsed Liberal candidate Dan Kennedy. Hardy retired to Vernon, British Columbia, and died at home there in 2006 after a short illness.

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This election was determined by a single transferable ballot.

The quota for election on the first ballot was 1,333 votes. Pierce, Hardy, and Winslow were declared elected to two-year terms.

At the end of the fourth transfer, Button had 1,385 votes, Brown 1,197 and Smallwood 669. Button was declared elected to a one-year term, replacing the retiring Fred Brennan.

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He was the mayor of Saint Vital, and served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1971 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force during World World War II, and subsequently became an accountant at the Fort William Grain Elevator.

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