Louise Hardy Explained

Louise Frances Hardy
Birth Date:30 November 1959
Birth Place:Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Residence:Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Parliament1:Canadian
Riding1:Yukon
Term Start1:June 2, 1997
Term End1:November 27, 2000
Predecessor1:Audrey McLaughlin
Successor1:Larry Bagnell
Occupation:social worker

Louise Frances Hardy (née MacKinnon) (born November 30, 1959) is a Canadian politician. Hardy was a New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the riding of Yukon from 1997 to 2000. She was a critic for Human Rights, Housing, Citizenship and Immigration, Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Born in Whitehorse, she was the Yukon's only federal MP so far to have been born in the territory.

She graduated from Yukon College with a diploma in Social Work. She is widowed from Todd Hardy, former leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party.