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♂ Arthur S. Hardy
aliasArthur S. Hardy
Record
26005 · 7142

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 9 0 9
Birth 14 December 1837 → 186 years + 4 months ago
Lived 63 years + 5 months
First mandate 28 April 1873 → 151 years + 5 days ago
↳ at age 35 years + 4 months
Death 13 June 1901 → 122 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 7 months after 17 October 1899
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Arthur C. Hardy (1872–1962) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 26 5 2 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 8–9
LIB
 1 Party leader 58–61 21 Jul 1896 — 17 Oct 1899 3 2 26
2. ON 8–9
LIB
 1 Premier 58–61 21 Jul 1896 — 20 Oct 1899 3 2 29

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
1 documented challenger
⊖ George A. Elliott  m 
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Ontario
28 April 1873
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33038(F) — 21 Feb 2022 14:31 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 1 year 8 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32770(F) — 21 Feb 2022 18:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
19 Mar 1877 39
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 2 years 2 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 Ontario
29 March 1877
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33039(F) — 11 Oct 2022 13:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 2 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,681 Votes: 2,852 Participation: 60.93% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32858(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 1,622 56.87% +392 Loser:
LC
 1,230 43.13% ? Wilson

Service: 3 years 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,697 Votes: 2,571 Participation: 54.74% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32946(F) — 31 Dec 2022 15:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/2 1,563 60.89% +559 Loser:
LC
 1,004 39.11% ? Huffman

Service: 3 years 10 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,372 Votes: 3,107 Participation: 57.84% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33135(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/2 1,881 60.58% +657 Loser:
LC
 1,224 39.42% T. Lloyd Jones

Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,423 Votes: 3,526 Participation: 65.02% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33227(F) — 31 Dec 2022 12:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 2,067 59.06% +634 Loser:
LC
 1,433 40.94% T. Lloyd Jones

Service: 4 years 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,801 Votes: 4,615 Participation: 79.56% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33317(F) — 31 Dec 2022 09:37 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 2,597 56.74% +617 Loser:
PP
 1,980 43.26% J.E. Hopkins

Service: 3 years 8 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,599 Votes: 5,591 Participation: 84.72% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Ontario
1 March 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33411(F) — 30 Dec 2022 18:42 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 3,038 54.75% +527 Loser:
LC
 2,511 45.25% George A. Elliott
After his election:
17 Oct 1899 61
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,599 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
9		 Ontario
12 December 1899
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33748(F) — 22 Feb 2022 23:53 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Thomas H. Preston

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Arthur Sturgis Hardy		 08 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Arthur Sturgis Hardy		 08 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Arthur Sturgis Hardy		 08 Oct 2023
FR Wikipédia
Arthur Sturgis Hardy		 08 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Oct 2023 12:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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