Neal Herbert Hardy (born 1934) is a Canadian businessman and former political figure in

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. He represented Kelsey-Tisdale from 1980 to 1991 in the

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as a Progressive Conservative. He was born in

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and worked for the

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, as well as owning and operating several businesses. Hardy was elected to the provincial assembly in a 1980 by-election held after John Rissler Messer resigned his seat. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of the Environment and as Minister of Rural Development. Hardy was defeated by Andrew Renaud when he ran for reelection in 1991. He served on the council for the rural municipality of

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and was president of the

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from 2002 to 2005. In 2009, he was named chairperson of the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency board of directors. He was appointed a Member of the

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in 2023.

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1934 births Living people Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan MLAs Members of the Executive Council of Saskatchewan 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{ProgressiveConservative-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub