{{short description|Trinidadian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Hardeo Hardath | death_date = 2012 (aged 73–74) | party = People's National Movement | office = Member of Parliament, House of Representatives | term_start = 1971 | term_end = 1986 | constituency = Nariva | birth_date = 9 March 1938 | birth_place = Biche, Trinidad and Tobago }}
'''Hardeo Hardath''' (9 March 1938 – 2012)<ref>{{cite news|last=Alexander|first=Gail|date=1 December 2010|title=PNM MPs blank Hardath's funeral|newspaper=Trinidad and Tobago Guardian|url=http://www4.guardian.co.tt/news/2012-12-01/pnm-mps-blank-hardath%E2%80%99s-funeral|accessdate=26 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025203400/http://www4.guardian.co.tt/news/2012-12-01/pnm-mps-blank-hardath%E2%80%99s-funeral|archive-date=2015-10-25}}</ref> was a Trinidadian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1971 to 1986, where he represented Nariva.
== Background == Hardath was born in Biche. He began his career as an insurance underwriter.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ttparliament.org/hansards/hh20121130.pdf | title=HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | date=30 November 2012 | publisher=Office of the Parliament | location=Trinidad and Tobago | page=711 | accessdate=3 March 2021 }}</ref>
A member of the People's National Movement, he was first elected as MP in 1971, and chose not to stand for reelection in 1986 after "a stinging attack on the Party leadership". Hardath had complained that his constituency, and Indian party members as well, did not get the attention they deserved from the PNM.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner-aug-30-1986-p-7/|page=7|date=30 August 1986|newspaper=Kingston Gleaner|accessdate=26 February 2019|title=''Guardian'' raps MP for attack on Chambers}}</ref> Raffique Shah, columnist for the ''Trinidad and Tobago News'', said that Hardath "opened his mouth in Parliament only when he yawned".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.trinidadandtobagonews.com/blog/?p=4307|accessdate=26 February 2019|date=26 September 2010|newspaper=Trinidad and Tobago News|title=Here today, gone tomorrow|first=Raffique|last=Shah}}</ref>
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