Charles Albert Creery Hardy

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1899–1902 14th Selwyn Independent
1902–1905 15th Selwyn Independent
1905–1908 16th Selwyn Independent
1908–1909 17th Selwyn Independent
1909–1911 Changed allegiance to: Reform

Charles Albert Creery Hardy (23 September 1843 – 29 August 1922) was an independent conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

He was elected to the Selwyn electorate in the 1899 general election,[1] but was defeated in 1911, when he was a candidate for the then newly formed Reform Party.

In 1902, 1905 and 1908, he was opposed by Joseph Ivess.[2][3][4]

He was appointed to the Legislative Council on 26 June 1913. At the end of his term, he was reappointed on 25 June 1920. He remained a member until his death on 29 August 1922.[5]

He was a fern collector and showed a collection of ferns at the Ashburton Industrial Exhibition in 1880.[6]

  1. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 111.
  2. ^ "The General Election, 1902". National Library. 1903. p. 2. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  3. ^ "The General Election, 1905". National Library. 1906. p. 3. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  4. ^ "The General Election, 1908". National Library. June 1906. p. 19. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  5. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 78.
  6. ^ "Macdonald Dictionary Record: Charles Albert Creery Hardy". Canterbury Museum Collection Online. Retrieved 28 October 2021.