Vardon Family Vardon Family Vardon is a combination French and Scottish surname that still prevails in both countries and has been carried into the new world. The family name Vardon is most famously held by the professional golfer, Harry Vardon (1870–1937), who invented what is commonly known as the Vardon Grip, and had the Vardon Trophy named after him. Vardon is a relatively well known name in Canada, especially in Montreal, where the family name had been for some time associated with an old Scottish clan that had resided in the city since the 18th century. The Baron Vardon family was the
Blundell v Vardon likely to result in a distortion of the voters' real intentions. While the "Commonwealth Electoral Act", still provides for a partial failure of an election, the High Court held in "Re Wood" that a supplementary election for just one senate seat would be liable to frustrate the manifest purpose of the proportional voting scheme. Blundell v Vardon Blundell v Vardon, was the first of three decisions of the High Court of Australia concerning the 1906 Election for Senators for South Australia. Sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, Barton J held that the election of Anti-Socialist Party candidate Joseph Vardon