John Kennedy (Manitoba politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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politician in Manitoba, Canada
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Place of Birth: South Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
About John Kennedy (Manitoba politician)
- John Kennedy (August 16, 1867 – October 1, 1927) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
- He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1927, as a member of the Conservative Party.He was born in Martintown, Ontario, the son of John Kennedy and Mary Kennedy (her maiden name), both of Scottish descent.
- Kennedy came west in 1882, first working at an iron works in Winnipeg and then later building bridges through the Rocky Mountains for the Canadian Pacific Railway.
- He then entered the hotel business in Morden, Manitoba and also farmed.He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1920 provincial election, defeating Liberal candidate Howard Winkler by sixty-two votes in the southern Manitoba constituency of Morden and Rhineland.
- The Conservatives won only eight seats out of fifty-five in this campaign, and Kennedy served on the opposition benches for the next two years. He was re-elected in the 1922 election, defeating United Farmers of Manitoba candidate John Sweet by 337 votes.
- The Conservatives fell to seven seats provincially, and Kennedy remained an opposition member.
- He did not seek re-election in 1927. Kennedy died in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1927.
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