William Walker Kennedy

William Walker Kennedy, MC, QC (1882 – February 10, 1963) was a Manitoba politician and lawyer.

He was born in Leeds County, Ontario and educated at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He moved to Manitoba in 1904 where he worked as a journalist for two years before entering the University of Manitoba's law school. After earning his law degree he was called to the bar in 1909.

Kennedy joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in November 1915, and went to France with the 46th Battalion in May 1917. He was wounded and awarded the Military Cross for his service at the Battle of Passchendaele and was decorated for the Battle of Valenciennes. He was given field promotions to captain and then major before being discharged in 1919.

He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the MP for Winnipeg South Centre as a Conservative in the 1925 federal election but defeated the next year in the 1926 federal election.

Kennedy was returned to Parliament again in the 1930 federal election and served as Chairman of the Royal Commission on Price Spreads and Mass Buying which was commissioned by Prime Minister R.B. Bennett to investigate complaints made by one of his cabinet members H.H. Stevens.

Kennedy lost his seat in the 1940 federal election and was defeated a final time in the 1945 election.

Electoral history

1925 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg South Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Walker Kennedy	12,094	52.9
	Liberal	Joseph Fergus Davidson	7,132	31.2
	Labour	Alexander Henry	3,643	15.9
Total valid votes			22,869	100.0

1926 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg South Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Thorarinn Thorson	12,315	51.2	+20.0
	Conservative	William Walker Kennedy	11,737	48.8	−4.1
Total valid votes			24,052	100.0

1930 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg South Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Walker Kennedy	17,355	56.0	+7.2
	Liberal	Joseph Thorarinn Thorson	13,637	44.0	−7.2
Total valid votes			30,992	100.0

1935 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg South Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ralph Maybank	11,264	36.4	−7.6
	Conservative	William Walker Kennedy	9,382	30.3	−25.7
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Stanley Knowles	6,573	21.2
	Reconstruction	Alfred James Susans	2,642	8.5
	Social Credit	Arthur Brown	1,114	3.6
Total valid votes			30,975	100.0

1940 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg South Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ralph Maybank	19,486	54.5	+18.1
	National Government	William Walker Kennedy	10,698	29.9	−0.4
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Julius Swanson	5,576	15.6	−5.6
Total valid votes			35,760	100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1945 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg South Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ralph Maybank	16,389	44.0	−10.5
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Lloyd Cleworth Stinson	12,393	33.3	+17.7
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Edward Womersley	8,461	22.7	−7.2
Total valid votes			37,243	100.0

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

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