John Gogo Explained

John Gogo
Birth Name:John Albert Gogo
Birth Date:15 February 1932
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Constituency:Lethbridge West
Term Start:1975
Term End:1993
Predecessor:Richard Gruenwald
Successor:Clint Dunford
Party:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta

John Albert Gogo (February 15, 1932 – April 4, 2015) was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1993 and served several years in the provincial cabinet.[1] [2]

Gogo joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1949 and saw combat in the Korean War.[3] He attained the rank of sergeant by the time he left the Army in 1962. In 1972 he became President of the Rotary Club of Lethbridge.[4]

Gogo ran in the 1975 Alberta general election as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Lethbridge West; he defeated incumbent Social Credit MLA Richard Gruenwald by a wide margin.[5] He served as Minister of Advanced Education in the provincial government from November 1985 to December 1992.

On May 31, 2007 Gogo was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Lethbridge.[6] He died in 2015 in Lethbridge.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guide Parlementaire Canadien. 1979.
  2. Web site: Prominent Lethbridge Politician John Gogo, 83, dies. Kim Tams. 8 April 2015. Global News. 9 April 2015.
  3. Web site: 2007 Honorary Degree Recipients, Senate Award Winner. University of Lethbridge. 2008-05-24. March 8, 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070505170225/http://www.uleth.ca/notice/display.html?b=13&s=7562. May 5, 2007.
  4. Web site: History of the Club Lethbridge . The Rotary Club of Lethbridge . 2008-05-24 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080723220348/http://lethbridgerotary.org/Misc%20to%202007/Charter-Members.htm . July 23, 2008 .
  5. Web site: Lethbridge-West election results 1975. Alberta Heritage Foundation. 2008-05-19. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110612185504/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1975&Constit=Lethbridge_West. 2011-06-12.
  6. Legislative Assembly of Alberta. June 6, 2007. Wednesday, June 6, 2007. 1582.
  7. Web site: Prominent Lethbridge Politician John Gogo, 83, dies | Globalnews.ca.