{{Short description|Canadian politician and broadcaster}} {{About|the Canadian politician|the similarly named British politician|Keir Hardie}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Ken Hardie | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | riding = Fleetwood—Port Kells | parliament = Canadian | term_start = October 19, 2015 | term_end = March 23, 2025 | predecessor = Nina Grewal | successor = Gurbux Saini | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1947}} | birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | profession = Broadcaster, public relations spokesperson | alma_mater = University of British Columbia<br />Simon Fraser University | party = Liberal | footnotes = | spouse = | children = }}
'''Ken C. Hardie'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.ca/WPAPPS/WPF/EN/CCS/ContributionReport?returnStatus=1&reportOption=5&queryId=adc30cf9fe69407dbb604515c6d64fd6&sortDirection=asc&sortOrder=0%2C1%2C2&totalRecordFound=286¤t200Page=1&total200Pages=2&reportExists=True&displaySorting=True|title=Search for Contributions}}</ref> (born 1947) is a Canadian politician and former broadcaster who served as a member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada representing the riding of Fleetwood—Port Kells from 2015 federal election until 2025.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cknw.com/2015/10/19/fleetwood-port-kells-federal-election-results | title=Fleetwood-Port Kells elects Liberal Ken Hardie| publisher=.cknw.com | work=Ryan Lidemark | date=October 19, 2015 | access-date=October 19, 2015}}</ref>
Hardie is a broadcaster and former spokesperson for TransLink and the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/liberal-ken-hardie-defeats-nina-grewal-in-fleetwood-port-kells-1.3279195| title = Liberal Ken Hardie defeats Nina Grewal in Fleetwood-Port Kells {{!}} CBC News}}</ref> He attended the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University.
In October 2023, Hardie made a comment on X, comparing the Conservative Party of Canada to Nazi Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels. Hardie later deleted his tweet, and was asked to apologize for his tweet by House Speaker Greg Fergus.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tumilty |first1=Ryan |title=Liberal MP apologizes for comparing Conservatives to Nazi leader |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/liberal-mp-apologizes-for-comparing-conservatives-to-nazi-leader |website=National Post |access-date=27 November 2023 |language=en |date=6 October 2023}}</ref>
==Electoral record== {{2019 Canadian federal election/Fleetwood—Port Kells}} {{2015 Canadian federal election/Fleetwood—Port Kells}}
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==External links== * [http://kenhardie.liberal.ca/ Official Website] *{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=18437}}
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