Cyril Frost Kennedy (20 April 1915 – 12 January 1974) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

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Early life

Kennedy was born in

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Nova Scotia MLA Robert H. Kennedy along with nine siblings. He took up lumber work and carpentry working with the family sawmill until joining the

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Military life

Kennedy became a commissioned officer in 1936 as part of

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. He participated in the 1938

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in England as part of the Canadian contingent. In 1940, he volunteered for overseas service and on 6 June 1944 fought at

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as Officer Commanding of his regiment's "D" Company. On 7 June he was engaged in fighting in

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where elements of the

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had attacked. Two other North Nova Scotia companies were encircled and surrendered (and some of the prisoners were executed during the

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), but "D" Company dug in and after four hours of fighting were able to repulse the German advance with limited support. Kennedy was promoted to the rank of major. His arm was injured during the

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, which required amputation.

Politics

He was first elected at the

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riding in the 1957 general election, then re-elected there in

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, 1962,

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and

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. On 17 September 1967, Kennedy left the House of Commons before the end of his term in the

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and did not campaign for any further re-election.

Electoral record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kennedy, Cyril Frost 1915 births 1974 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Canadian Army personnel of World War II