Vardon Family the Montreal area from 1949 to 1978. It is known that Joseph fathered three children in his marriage and at least another two out of wedlock. One of his son's served in the US Marines with distinction in the Vietnam War and fathered two known children. Joseph Vardon died in 1980 in Montreal. 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
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