Answer the following question: Facts: - party: labour - alongside: edgar rees jones 1910-1915 - predecessor: new office william pritchard morgan george banes - otherparty: independent labour party - birth date: 15 august 1856 - birthname: james keir hardie - spouse: lillias balfour wilson - death date: 26 september 1915 - office: leader of the labour party - term end: 22 january 1908 26 september 1915 7 august 1895 - name: james keir hardie - death place: glasgow , lanarkshire scotland , uk - birth place: newhouse , lanarkshire scotland , uk - successor: arthur henderson charles stanton george banes - nationality: british - imagesize: 240px - constituency mp: merthyr tydfil west ham south - children: 4 - term start: 17 january 1906 24 october 1900 26 july 1892 - image: james keir hardie by john furley lewis , 1902.jpg - religion: evangelical union -lrb- scotland -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of keir hardie .
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james keir hardie -lrb- 15 august 185626 september 1915 -rrb- , was a scottish georgist , socialist , and labour party leader , and was the first independent labour member of parliament elected to the parliament of the united kingdom .hardie is regarded as one of the primary founders of the independent labour party as well as the labour party of which it was later a part .