Patrick F. McDonough (died June 20, 2001 in

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) was a

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-born American police officer, attorney, and politician who served as a member of the

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from 1956–64, 1966–70, and 1972–82. He was the Council President in 1958, 1961, 1973, and 1981. After leaving the city council, McDonough served as assistant city clerk from 1983 to 1990 and city clerk from 1990 to 1995. McDonough was an unsuccessful candidate for Suffolk County Register of Deeds in 1958,

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in 1960,

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1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

, and

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from

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in 1978. McDonough was the brother of Boston School Committee member John J. McDonough.

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