Arthur Sturgis Hardy
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| Arthur Sturgis Hardy | |
 The Hon. Arthur Sturgis Hardy |
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| In office July 21, 1896 – October 20, 1899 |
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| Preceded by | Oliver Mowat |
| Succeeded by | George William Ross |
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| Born | December 14, 1837 Mount Pleasant, Upper Canada |
| Died | June 13, 1901 (aged 63) Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Ontario Liberal Party |
| Spouse | Mary Morrison |
| Religion | Anglican |
- For the U.S. diplomat and academic, see Arthur Sherburne Hardy.
Arthur Sturgis Hardy (December 14, 1837 – June 13, 1901) was a lawyer and Liberal politician who served as Ontario's fourth Premier from 1896 to 1899.
Hardy attended school at the Rockwood Academy in Rockwood, Ontario. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in 1873 and was promoted to the Cabinet of Sir Oliver Mowat in 1877 as Provincial Secretary. In 1889 as Commissioner of Crown Lands, Hardy established Algonquin Park. Entering his sixties and having been in government for over twenty years, Hardy lacked the energy and strength to take the government forward or excite the populace when he succeeded Mowat as both Premier and Attorney-General in 1896. In the 1898 election Hardy's government was returned with a narrow six seat majority due to the collapse of the agrarian Patrons of Industry party which had served as the Liberal's allies in the legislature. Exhausted and needing money, Hardy retired from politics in 1899 and died two years later.
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| Preceded by Edmund Burke Wood |
MPP for Brant South 1871–1899 |
Succeeded by Thomas Hiram Preston |
| Preceded by Sir Oliver Mowat |
Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party 1896–1899 |
Succeeded by George William Ross |
| Preceded by Sir Oliver Mowat |
Premier of Ontario 1896–1899 |
Succeeded by George William Ross |
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