Randolph Harding

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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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

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| 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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