Oliver Vardy

Oliver Lawrence "Al" Vardy (September 26, 1906 ) was a broadcaster, business executive, civil servant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's West in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1949 to 1951. and then served time in prison for armed robbery in Albany, New York.

A 1972 Royal Commission investigating leases of premises by the Newfoundland Liquor Commission identified Vardy as an owner of several premises that were overcharging the provincial government for property rentals. but was captured there in 1974. He escaped in Florida while being brought back to Canada and was able to successfully fight extradition until his death in 1980.