Warring Kennedy

Warring Kennedy ( born November 12, 1827 County Down, Ireland, † June 25, 1904 in Toronto ) was a Canadian politician and the 28th Mayor of Toronto.

Kennedy emigrated to Toronto in 1858 and opened there a 1869 a large market for textile goods. The company was called Sampson, Kennedy and Gemmell. In 1877 he ran unsuccessfully for mayor, tried it again in 1893 and served from January 1894 to January 1896 as mayor. He died in 1904 and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery Toronto cemetery.

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