- Isabel Hardie
Isabel J. Tibbie “Tibi” Hardie (born:
February 4 ,1916 Toronto, Ontario died:November 14 ,2006 White Rock, British Columbia ) was an artist, politician and civil servant fromNorthwest Territories ,Canada .Isabel was the wife of former parliamentarian
Mervyn Arthur Hardie . She ran in her husband's place for theLiberal Party of Canada in the 1962 federal election after he died vacating his seat in the House of Commons onOctober 18 ,1961 .In that election she defeated Progressive Conservative challenger
Eugène Rhéaume by fewer than 300 votes in a hotly contested election. Isabel served one year in opposition until she was defeated after facing Rhéaume again in the 1963 Canadian federal election.External links
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=3cb87fb0-56fb-4f82-9db7-5b224a503f4d&Language=E&MenuID=Lists.Members.aspx&MenuQuery=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.parl.gc.ca%2FParlinfo%2FLists%2FMembers.aspx%3FParliament%3D%26Riding%3D%26Name%3Dh%26Party%3D%26Province%3D%26Gender%3D%26New%3DFalse%26Current%3DFalse%26Picture%3DFalse Isabel Hardie Federal political experience Parliament of Canada]
* [http://www.nnsl.com/obits/Hardy.pdf Isabel Hardie obituary, Northern News Service]
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