Terry Cavanagh (politician)
| Terry Cavanagh | |
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| 29th Mayor of Edmonton | |
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In office November 14, 1975 – October 19, 1977 |
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| Preceded by | William Hawrelak |
| Succeeded by | Cec Purves |
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In office October 17, 1988 – October 16, 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Laurence Decore |
| Succeeded by | Jan Reimer |
| Alderman/Councillor on the Edmonton City Council (Ward 6) | |
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In office October 22, 1992 – October 15, 2007 Serving with Sheila McKay (1992–1995), Dick Mather (1995–1997), and Dave Thiele (1998-2007) |
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| Preceded by | Ken Kozak, Sheila McKay |
| Succeeded by | Amarjeet Sohi, Dave Thiele |
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In office October 17, 1983 – 1988 Serving with Bettie Hewes (1983–1984) and Ken Kozak (1984–1988) |
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| Preceded by | Bettie Hewes, Ed Leger |
| Succeeded by | Ken Kozak, Sheila McKay |
| Alderman on the Edmonton City Council (Ward 4) | |
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In office October 13, 1971 – November 1975 Serving with Una Evans and Buck Olsen (1971–1974), and Bettie Hewes and Buck Olsen (1974–1975) |
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| Preceded by | New district |
| Succeeded by | William Chmiliar, Bettie Hewes, Buck Olsen |
| Personal details | |
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July 19, 1926 Edmonton, Alberta |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | June Gould Cavanagh |
| Children | Three |
| Profession | Businessman |
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Terence James "Terry" Cavanagh (born July 19, 1926) is a Canadian politician, municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta, who served as mayor. He was Edmonton's first native-born mayor.
Cavanagh was born in Edmonton on July 19, 1926, to recent Scottish immigrants. He attended high school in Edmonton before moving to Galt, Ontario to play hockey for the Galt Red Wings of the Ontario Hockey Association, where he was a teammate of Gordie Howe. After stints with the Dallas Texans of the United States Hockey League, the Valleyfield Braves of the Quebec Senior Hockey League, and the Los Angeles Ramblers and the Trail Smoke Eaters of the Western International Hockey League, he retired from hockey and found employment in the purchasing department of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. in Trail, British Columbia. He married June Gould on April 12, 1948; the couple would have three children, and June would herself serve as an Edmonton alderman.
In 1957, he returned to Edmonton to work as the purchasing manager for Premier Steel Mills Ltd. He stayed on when the company was taken over by Stelco Steel in 1962, and remained in the position until 1977.
Cavanagh entered politics during the 1968 Edmonton election, when he ran for Edmonton City Council as an aldermanic candidate. He was defeated, finishing fourteenth of thirty-two candidates in an election in which the top twelve were elected. He was more successful during the 1971 election; Edmonton had adopted a ward system (in which three aldermen were elected in each of four wards) to replace the previous at-large method of election, and Cavanagh placed second of seventeen candidates in Ward 4. He was re-elected in the 1974 election, when he placed first of nine candidates.
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