Kenneth John Burgess (January 5, 1928 – September 10, 2005) was a politician in
Manitoba, Canada. He is the longest-serving mayor of
Brandon, Manitoba
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, having held the position from 1979 to 1989.
Burgess was chair of the Brandon school board in the late 1960s. He ran for the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the
1973 municipal election as a candidate of the
Progressive Conservative Party, and was defeated by
New Democratic Party
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incumbent
Leonard Evans
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in the division of
Brandon East.
Burgess was first elected Mayor of Brandon in a 1979 by-election. He was returned by acclamation in
1980
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, and was re-elected in
1983
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and
1986
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. Burgess was often involved in disagreements with the federal government over the subsidy for Brandon's airport.
He was defeated by challenger
Rick Borotsik in
1989
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. During this campaign, both of his opponents argued that he lacked the leadership skills to run Brandon in an effective manner.
[Randy Turner, "Three fight for office", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 21 October 1989, 2. He was 61 years old at the time.]
External links
Obituary notice
Footnotes
Mayors of Brandon, Manitoba
2005 deaths
1928 births
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