Louise Hardy

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Louise Frances Hardy (nee MacKinnon) (born November 30, 1959) was a Canadian New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the riding of Yukon from 1997 to 2000, becoming the territory's first Yukon-born MP. She was a critic for Human Rights, Housing, Citizenship and Immigration, Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Born in Whitehorse, Yukon, she graduated from Yukon College with a diploma in Social Work.

She married Todd Hardy, now Leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party, in 1978. They have four children: Janelle, Tytus, Tess, and Lymond. Louise and Todd have one granddaughter, Janelle's daughter Ellazora.

Preceded by
Audrey McLaughlin
Member of Parliament for the Yukon
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Succeeded by
Larry Bagnell