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William Duncan Livingston
Hardie has occupied the position of mayor of Lethbridge since 1913 and
his entire administration of public affairs has been marked by
progressiveness that has been most resultant. His efforts have been of
great benefit to the city along many lines of improvement and upbuilding
and the record that he has made is highly satisfactory to his fellow
townsmen. A native of Scotland, he was born near Edinburgh, on 17,
1862, and is a son of William and Agnes (Livingston) Hardie, who are
also natives of the land of hills and heather. Corning to the new world
about 1863 they made their way to Youngstown, Ohio. The father was a son
of William Hardie, a native of Scotland, where he was a mine manager and
where he spent his life. The grandfather in the maternal line was Duncan
Livingston, likewise a mining man. After removing to the United States
William Hardie was also a mine manager, continuing to act in that
responsible position to the time of his retirement. Both he and his wife
still survive, the former having reached the venerable age of
eighty-five years, while his wife is now eighty years of age. They have
long been consistent and faithful members of the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Hardie gives his political allegiance to the republican party, while
fraternally he is a Mason.
William D. L. Hardie
Pursued his education in the public schools of his native country and in
all while later he entered the University of Glasgow. His early business
experience came to him through a four years' apprenticeship at mining
engineering and for a long period he directed his labors in that field.
The year 1889 witnessed his arrival at Lethbridge, Alberta, and he
secured the responsible and onerous position of superintendent of the
Alberta Railway & Coal Company, ill which capacity he continuously and
acceptably served for twenty years. Since his retirement from the
business he has concentrated his efforts and attention upon official
duties. He was first elected mayor of Lethbridge in 1912, to serve for
the year 1913 and for one year he was on duty in connection with the
aldermanic government. In 1914 Lethbridge adopted the commission form of
government and Mr. Marche has since been mayor, continuously filling the
position now for a decade. lie has contributed much to the development,
upbuilding and improvement of the city and he employs the most practical
and resultant methods in the attainment of high ideals of municipal
service and progress.
In April, 1885, Mr.
Hardie was married to Miss Margaret Jane Kirtley, who was born at
Newcastle, England, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Kirtley. Her father
was also a mining man and on coming to the new world settled in
Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Hardie have become parents of five children:
Tanthe, now the wife of J. S. Jones, manager of the Montreal Bank at
Medicine Hat; Agnes, the wife of W. E. Murphy, an electrician of
Minneapolis, Minnesota; E. W. Gladson, who for nearly five years was in
service during the World war, being shot through the shoulder and badly
wounded in battle, after which he was invalided home; Jesse M. 0., who
was also in the service and was twice gassed and once wounded, being
three times at the front during his service of four years; and Inzola,
who married J. Laird Thompson, a bond broker of Toronto.
Mr. Hardie and his family
attend the Presbyterian church and fraternally he is a Mason, loyal to
the teachings of the craft. He has served as master of his lodge and is
at all times actuated by the highest principles in everything that he
undertakes. In politics he maintains an independent course. He is now
commissioner of finance and public safety and Lethbridge has benefited
greatly by his devotion to the highest stand- aids of citizenship and of
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