Randolph Harding
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| name=Randolph Harding
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| birth_date={{birth date|mf=yes|1914|9|17}}
| birth_place=Silverton, British Columbia
| death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|1996|3|3|1914|9|17}}
| death_place=Silverton, British Columbia
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| riding= Kootenay West
| predecessor=Herbert Wilfred Herridge
| successor=Robert Brisco
| term_start=1968
| term_end=1974
| office2=Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
| term_start2=1945
| term_end2=1968
| constituency=
| profession=teacher
| party=New Democratic Party of Canada
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Randolph Harding (September 17, 1914 – March 3, 1996) was a Canadian politician.
Biography
Born in Silverton, British Columbia, Harding was a teacher and a member of the Silverton municipal council. He was elected as the Co-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 and 1963. In 1966 he was re-elected in the riding of Revelstoke-Slocan.
He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada 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.
After leaving federal politics, Harding served as mayor of Silverton and received a long service award from the Union of British Columbia Municipalities.{{cite web |url=http://ubcm.ca/EN/main/services/long-service-awards/recipients.html |title=Long Service Award Recipients |publisher=Union of British Columbia Municipalities |accessdate=2011-11-30}}
Harding served in the Canadian Army during World War II.
References
- {{cite web|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/35/2/parlbus/chambus/house/debates/008_96-03-07/008OQ1E.html|title=Hansard ORAL QUESTION PERIOD}}
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External links
- {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=11360}}
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Category:British Columbia Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs
Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia
Category:New Democratic Party MPs
Category:20th-century mayors of places in British Columbia
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
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