Orvis A. Kennedy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetOrvis A. Kennedy
Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Dryden, Ontario, Canada
About Orvis A. Kennedy
- Orvis A.
- Kennedy (August 5, 1907 – April 2, 1997) was an executive, manager, organizer, salesman and a Canadian federal politician. Kennedy helped found the Social Credit party in Alberta in 1935.
- He ran as a candidate three years later and was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Social Credit candidate in a by-election held on March 21, 1938.
- He defeated two other candidates including former Liberal MLA Robert Colin Marshall. Kennedy ran as a New Democracy candidate and was defeated in the 1940 Canadian federal election by Liberal candidate Frederick Casselman. After his defeat in the 1940 election he became a perennial candidate running in almost every federal election under the Social Credit banner in various federal electoral districts in Alberta until 1963.
- He also served as chief campaign organizer for Social Credit parties on the provincial level in various elections. Kennedy has three sons, including Reverend Ernest Kennedy.
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