Randolph Harding

Randolph Harding
Randolph Harding
Member of Parliament; for Kootenay West
	In office; 1968–1974
Preceded by	Herbert Wilfred Herridge
Succeeded by	Robert Brisco
Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
	In office; 1945–1968
Preceded by	Charles Sidney Leary
Succeeded by	William King
Constituency	Kaslo-Slocan (1945-1966); Revelstoke-Slocan (1966-1968)
Personal details
Born	September 17, 1914; Silverton, British Columbia
Died	March 3, 1996 (aged 81); Silverton, British Columbia
Party	New Democratic Party of Canada
Residence(s)	Silverton, British Columbia
Profession	teacher

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.^[1]

Harding served in the Canadian Army during World War II.

References

"Hansard ORAL QUESTION PERIOD".

^ "Long Service Award Recipients". Union of British Columbia Municipalities. Retrieved 2011-11-30.

External links

Randolph Harding – Parliament of Canada biography

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[1] "Long Service Award Recipients". Union of British Columbia Municipalities. Retrieved 2011-11-30.

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