Ken Hardie
Canadian politician and broadcaster
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Ken C. Hardie[1] (born 1947) is a Canadian politician and former broadcaster who served as a member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada representing the riding of Fleetwood—Port Kells from 2015 federal election until 2025.[2]
Preceded byNina Grewal
Succeeded byGurbux Saini
Ken Hardie | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Fleetwood—Port Kells | |
| In office October 19, 2015 – March 23, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Nina Grewal |
| Succeeded by | Gurbux Saini |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1947 (age 78–79) |
| Party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia Simon Fraser University |
| Profession | Broadcaster, public relations spokesperson |
Hardie is a broadcaster and former spokesperson for TransLink and the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia.[3] He attended the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University.
In October 2023, Hardie made a comment on X, comparing the Conservative Party of Canada to Nazi Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels. Hardie later deleted his tweet, and was asked to apologize for his tweet by House Speaker Greg Fergus.[4]
Electoral record
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Fleetwood—Port Kells | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Ken Hardie | 18,545 | 37.7 | -9.20 | $75,459.66 | |||
| Conservative | Shinder Purewal | 16,646 | 33.8 | +4.53 | $58,665.16 | |||
| New Democratic | Annie Ohana | 10,569 | 21.5 | +0.04 | none listed | |||
| Green | Tanya Baertl | 2,378 | 4.8 | +2.43 | none listed | |||
| People's | Mike Poulin | 1,104 | 2.2 | – | $7,705.33 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 49,242 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 329 | |||||||
| Turnout | 49,571 | 61.5 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 80,593 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -6.87 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6][7] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Fleetwood—Port Kells | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Ken Hardie | 22,871 | 46.90 | +31.24 | $50,601.97 | |||
| Conservative | Nina Grewal | 14,275 | 29.27 | -18.56 | $77,785.90 | |||
| New Democratic | Garry Begg | 10,463 | 21.46 | -11.60 | $100,039.24 | |||
| Green | Richard Hosein | 1,154 | 2.37 | -0.20 | $3,625.85 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 48,763 | 100.00 | $206,797.64 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 269 | 0.55 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 49,032 | 65.25 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 75,150 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +24.90 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9][10] | ||||||||