Career
He was elected as the Company-operative Commonwealth Federation candidate to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia representing Kaslo-Slocan in 1945, and was re-elected in 1949, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1963 and 1966. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1968 federal election for the British Columbia riding of Kootenay West. A New Democrat, he was re-elected in 1972 and was defeated in 1974.
Harding served in the Canadian Army during World World War World War II
