Kenneth Fogarty

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

Kenneth Fogarty
49th Mayor of Ottawa
In office January 1, 1970 – April 4, 1972
Preceded by	Donald Bartlett Reid
Succeeded by	Pierre Benoit
Ottawa Controller
In office 1965–1969
Preceded by	Donald Bartlett Reid, Jules Morin
Succeeded by	Claude Bennett, Pierre Benoit, Lorry Greenberg
Ottawa Alderman
In office 1961–1964
Preceded by	Lon Campbell
Succeeded by	Harold Waddell
Constituency	Queensboro Ward
Personal details
Born	Kenneth Hubert Fogarty 1923 Ottawa
Died	14 January 1989 Ottawa
Political party	Ontario Liberal Party

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.