Ezra R. Kanoho (September 16, 1927 January 23, 2022) was an American politician who served in the Hawaii State Legislature from 1987 to 2006.

Early life and education

Kanoho was born on September 16, 1927, in Lihue, Kauai. He graduated from

Kamehameha Schools Kamehameha Schools, formerly called Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate (KSBE), is a private school system in Hawaii established by the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, under the terms of the will of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, who was a formal membe ...

in 1945, and went on to attend

Kauai Community College Kauai, () anglicized as Kauai ( ), is geologically the second-oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands (after Niʻihau). With an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), it is the fourth-largest of these islands and the List of islands of th ...

and

Honolulu Community College Honolulu Community College is a public community college in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is one of ten branches of the University of Hawaii system and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. HCC's strengths are in its industr ...

. After earning an associate degree, he worked for Hawaii Telephone Company. He also served in several community organizations. He had a wife and four children.

Career

Kanoho was appointed to office by

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in 1987 and was re-elected in 1988. He served on several committees including the committee on water, land, use, and Hawaiian affairs, the finance committee, the judiciary committee, the consumer protection and commerce committee, and the committee for energy and environmental protection. He was also part of the Hawaiian Caucus. Kanoho retired in 2006. He died of

heart failure Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome, a group of signs and symptoms caused by an impairment of the heart's blood pumping function. Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, excessive fatigue, a ...

on January 23, 2022.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kanoho, Ezra 1927 births 2022 deaths Democratic Party members of the Hawaii House of Representatives 21st-century American politicians People from Lihue, Hawaii