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Ken Hardie
MP
Ken Hardie MP
Member of Parliament; for Fleetwood—Port Kells
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Nina Grewal
Personal details
Born	1947 (age 77–78); Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Residence(s)	Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Alma mater	University of British Columbia; Simon Fraser University
Profession	Broadcaster, public relations spokesperson

Ken C. Hardie^[1] MP (born 1947) is a Canadian politician and former broadcaster who was elected as a member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the riding of Fleetwood—Port Kells during the 2015 federal election.^[2]

Hardie is a broadcaster and former spokesperson for TransLink and the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia.^[3] He attended the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University.

In October 2023, Hardie made a comment on X, still known as Twitter, 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.^[4]

Electoral record

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Fleetwood—Port Kells
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ken Hardie	18,545	37.7	-9.20	$75,459.66
	Conservative	Shinder Purewal	16,646	33.8	+4.53	$58,665.16
	New Democratic	Annie Ohana	10,569	21.5	+0.04	none listed
	Green	Tanya Baertl	2,378	4.8	+2.43	none listed
	People's	Mike Poulin	1,104	2.2	–	$7,705.33
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,242	100.0
Total rejected ballots			329
Turnout			49,571	61.5
Eligible voters			80,593
	Liberal hold		Swing		-6.87
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]^[7]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Fleetwood—Port Kells
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ken Hardie	22,871	46.90	+31.24	$50,601.97
	Conservative	Nina Grewal	14,275	29.27	-18.56	$77,785.90
	New Democratic	Garry Begg	10,463	21.46	-11.60	$100,039.24
	Green	Richard Hosein	1,154	2.37	-0.20	$3,625.85
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,763	100.00		$206,797.64
Total rejected ballots			269	0.55	–
Turnout			49,032	65.25	–
Eligible voters			75,150
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+24.90
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]^[10]