Kenneth Fogarty Explained

Kenneth Fogarty
Birth Name:Kenneth Hubert Fogarty
Birth Date:1923
Birth Place:Ottawa
Death Date:14 January 1989
Death Place:Ottawa
Office:49th Mayor of Ottawa
Office2:Ottawa Controller
Office3:Ottawa Alderman
Term Start:January 1, 1970
Term End:April 4, 1972
Term Start2:1965
Term End2:1969
Term Start3:1961
Term End3:1964
Predecessor:Donald Bartlett Reid
Successor:Pierre Benoit
Predecessor2:Donald Bartlett Reid, Jules Morin
Successor2:Claude Bennett, Pierre Benoit, Lorry Greenberg
Predecessor3:Lon Campbell
Successor3:Harold Waddell
Party:Ontario Liberal Party
Constituency3:Queensboro Ward

Kenneth Hubert Fogarty, (1923  - 14 January 1989) was Mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1970 to 1972 and afterwards an Ontario district court judge until his death.

Fogarty was born in Ottawa, where he earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees at the University of Ottawa. He became a lawyer in 1950 after graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1948. He returned to the University of Ottawa to study for his Master of Laws degree in French which he attained in 1969.

He ran for the Ontario Liberal Party in the riding of Ottawa South in the 1951 and 1955 provincial elections, losing both times. He represented Queensboro Ward on Ottawa City Council from 1961 to 1965. He then served on the Ottawa Board of Control from 1965 to 1970.

He died aged 65 in an Ottawa hospital due to cardiac failure.

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