Oliver Lawrence "Al" Vardy (September 26, 1906[1] – April 13, 1980[2]) was a broadcaster, business executive, civil servant and politician in Newfoundland.
[3] The son of Charles Vardy and Lora Rideout, he was born in Channel and was educated there,[3] in Halifax and at the University of Wisconsin.
Vardy resigned his seat in 1951 after Peter Cashin threatened to expose his criminal record.
[3] Vardy was president and managing director of American Aerated Water Ltd., president of Sanitary Products Ltd. and vice-president of Cousins (Newfoundland) Ltd.[1] A 1972 Royal Commission investigating leases of premises by the Newfoundland Liquor Commission identified Vardy as an owner of several premises that were overcharging the provincial government for property rentals.
[5] In 1973, he was charged with bribery, fraud and breach of the public trust in the financing of the Labrador Liner Limited mill in Stephenville.