Educator.
Born at Winnipeg on 12 March 1897, son of Robert Johnston Hardy (1862-1929) and Agnes Hossack (1865-1945), he was educated at St. John’s High School. In 1916, he enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force and served overseas with the 11th Field Ambulance of the Canadian Army Medical Corps until his discharge in 1919.
He spent two years at the University of Manitoba then began a long teaching career that began in rural Manitoba, at Riverland School (1923), and including service as the Principal of Arden School (1928-1929) and Wingham School (1929-1931). In 1931, he joined the teaching staff of St. James Collegiate, remaining there until 1947 (interrupted by service in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1941 to 1945) when he was appointed Principal of MacGregor School, serving there until 1951. He was then Principal of Dominion City School (1951-1952) and Lac du Bonnet School (1952-1958). Prior to retirement in 1961, he spent a year as the Principal of The Pas School (1958-1959), Happy Thought School (1959-1960), and Walter Whyte School (1960-1961). He retired to Lac du Bonnet where he was active in community life.
On 24 August 1921, he married Gertrude Verne Jenkins (1903-2000) at Winnipeg. He was a pioneer member of the CCF and NDP, a vestryman of St. John’s Anglican Church, and a member of the Manitoba Teachers Society from 1923 to the time of his death, which occurred at Pinawa on 15 April 1982. He was buried in the Riverland Cemetery.
Birth registration [Vivian Clarkson Hardy], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Attestation papers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.
Death registration [Robert Johnston Hardy], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Lac du Bonnet Leader, 27 April 1982, page 17.
Obituary [Gertrude Verne Hardy], Winnipeg Free Press, 6 December 2000.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 August 2022
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