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Richard Charles Hardisty (March 3, 1831 – October 18, 1889) was a politician from Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

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Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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Richard ran as an Independent Conservative in the 1887 Canadian federal election

Canadian federal election, 1887

The Canadian federal election of 1887 was held on February 22, 1887 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 6th Parliament of Canada.The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A...

and finished a close second in the Alberta (Provisional District). He lost to Donald Watson Davis

Donald Watson Davis

Donald Watson Davis was a politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.Born in Londonderry, Vermont, Donald was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1887 Canadian federal election to be one of the first Members of Parliament to represent the Northwest Territories. He represented...

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Richard was appointed to the Canadian Senate

Canadian Senate

The Senate of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the House of Commons, and the monarch . The Senate consists of 105 members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister...

on the advice of John A. Macdonald

John A. Macdonald

Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

on February 23, 1888. He died just a year later while still holding his Senate seat on October 18, 1889.

The village of Hardisty, Alberta

Hardisty, Alberta

Hardisty, Alberta is a town in Flagstaff County in Alberta, Canada. It is located in east-central Alberta, from the Saskatchewan border, near the crossroads of Highway 13 and Highway 881, in the Battle River Valley.- History :...

is named in his honor.

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