George Hardy (Liberal politician)

George Alexander Hardy (29 December 1851 – 2 October 1920)[1] was an English businessman and Liberal Party politician who served for many years as a councillor in South London, and briefly as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Stowmarket division of Suffolk.

[3] He was re-elected in 1904,[4] but at the 1907 elections, the Municipal Reform Party made sweeping gains and Hardy lost his seat on the council.

[2] The Times reported in January 1910 that although he was "a good worker and a good speaker", Hardy was likely to lose the seat at the January 1910 election to his unionist opponent Frank Goldsmith, who had been working hard to cultivate the support of agricultural workers.

[10][11] He stood for the London County Council again at the 1913 elections, this time in Stepney,[12] but did not win a seat.

[15] He was elected again as an alderman in 1919, but died the following year at his home on Champion Hill in East Dulwich, aged 68.