John Albert Gogo (February 15, 1932 – April 4, 2015) was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the

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from 1975 to 1993 and served several years in the provincial cabinet. Gogo joined the

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in 1949 and saw combat in the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

. He attained the rank of sergeant by the time he left the Army in 1962. In 1972 he became President of the

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of Lethbridge. Gogo ran in the

1975 Alberta general election The 1975 Alberta general election was held on March 26, 1975, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to the 18th Alberta Legislature. The election was called on February 14, 1975 prorogued and dissolved of the 17th Alberta Legi ...

as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Lethbridge West; he defeated incumbent Social Credit MLA

Richard Gruenwald Richard David Gruenwald (January 22, 1917 – February 24, 2010) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1975 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in the ...

by a wide margin. He served as Minister of Advanced Education in the provincial government from November 1985 to December 1992. On May 31, 2007 Gogo was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the

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. He died in 2015 in Lethbridge.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
1932 births 2015 deaths Canadian military personnel of the Korean War Canadian Army soldiers Members of the Executive Council of Alberta Politicians from Toronto Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs {{Alberta-politician-stub