Todd Hardy

Infobox_Politician


name = Todd Hardy
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birth_date = May 17, 1957
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office1 = MLA for Whitehorse Centre
term_start1 = 1996
term_end1 = 2000
predecessor1 = Margaret Commodore
successor1 = Mike McLarnon
office2 = MLA for Whitehorse Centre
term_start2 = 2002
term_end2 =
predecessor2 = Mike McLarnon
successor2 = incumbent
party = New Democrat
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occupation = carpenter, trade unionist

Todd Hardy (born May 17, 1957) is the Leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party. He had also served as Leader of the Opposition in the Yukon Territory, Canada from 2002-2006. [http://www.cbc.ca/north/story/nor-yukon-opposition.html] Todd Hardy is a carpenter by trade and was business agent of local 2499 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.

He was first elected Member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly for the riding of Whitehorse Centre in the 1996 Yukon General Election and was narrowly defeated in the 2000 election. He became leader of the party in 2002 and won his Whitehorse Centre seat in the general election held that year.

In August 2006, Hardy was sent to Vancouver for leukemia treatment. [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2006/08/10/hardy-hospital-leukemia.html] Hardy fought the 2006 general election from his hospital bed through near daily telephone conferences with local reporters and the NDP candidates. He returned to Whitehorse just a week before the vote and still managed to win his seat. His party, however, though leading in the polls for months going into the election was reduced to three seats and third party status.

Hardy maintained his seat in the legislature and title of leader despite frequent trips to the Outside for continued monitoring and treatment during the spring sitting in 2007.

He is married to Louise Hardy, former Yukon Member of Parliament. They have four children: Janelle, Tytus, Tess, and Lymond. His older daughter Janelle also has a young daughter, Ellazora.