Gaston Hardy

Who is Gaston Hardy?

Gaston Hardy was a local politician in Shawinigan, Quebec. He was the 13th Mayor of Shawinigan from 1954 to 1957.

He was born in 1917 in Portneuf, Quebec and once lived at 1512, rue Saint-Joseph in the Saint-Marc neighborhood.

He ran for mayor in 1954 and won, but when his proposal of a merger with Shawinigan-Sud was defeated by a majority of the council members he resigned. Armand Foucher succeeded him and finished his unexpired term.

Hardy was the Union Nationale candidate in the district of Saint-Maurice in the 1956 and the 1960 elections. Each time he lost against incumbent MLA René Hamel. He died at Shawinigan in 1977.

Rue Hardy in the Shawinigan-Nord neighborhood was named to honor him.