George R. Brunjes | |
Birth Date: | 24 April 1889 |
Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York |
Death Place: | Norwalk, Connecticut |
Residence: | Norwalk, Connecticut |
Office: | Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut |
Order: | 27th |
Term Start: | 1955 |
Term End: | 1957 |
Predecessor: | Irving Freese |
Successor: | Irving Freese |
Party: | Democratic |
Spouse: | Dorothy Burr |
Children: | 4 |
George R. Brunjes (April 24, 1889 – December 1, 1968) was a Democratic one term mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut, USA from 1955 to 1957 and principal of Franklin Junior High School.[1]
In 1955, Brunjes ran for mayor against the three-term incumbent mayor, Irving Freese, and the previous Republican candidate Stanley Stroffolino who was running under the Independent Taxpayers Party. Brunjes beat Stroffolino by 2,157 votes.
He lost his re-election attempt in 1957 to Freese. After his term, he served on the City Hall Building Committee. He died at a convalescent home in Norwalk in 1968.[2]