Leslie O'Shaughnessy

Leslie O'Shaughnessy
Mayor of Cornwall, Ontario
In office
December 1, 2014 – December 1, 2018
Preceded byBob Kilger
Succeeded byBernadette Clement
Personal details
BornCornwall, Ontario, Canada

Leslie O'Shaughnessy (April 13, 1954 – August 14, 2023)[1] was a Canadian politician, who was elected mayor of Cornwall, Ontario in the 2014 municipal election.[2]

Born in Cornwall, O'Shaughnessy previously served as reeve of the nearby township of Charlottenburg in the 1990s,[2] and ran as a Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidate for Stormont—Dundas in the 1997 federal election. He later moved back to Cornwall, and was elected to Cornwall City Council as a city councillor in 2003. He ran for mayor in the 2006 municipal election, but was not elected.[2]

He ran again in the 2010 municipal election and was re-elected as a city councillor, but resigned his seat in 2012 citing concerns about the council's commitment to accountability and transparency.[3][4] In the 2014 election, he defeated incumbent mayor Bob Kilger.[2][5] O'Shaughnessy ran for election again in 2018, but finished third behind the winner Bernadette Clement.[6]

He died on August 14, 2023 of cancer.[7]

References

  1. ^ https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/cornwall-on/leslie-oshaughnessy-11407332
  2. ^ a b c d "Cornwall chooses change" Archived 2014-11-05 at the Wayback Machine. Cornwall Standard Freeholder, October 27, 2014.
  3. ^ "Cornwall votes: One more mayoral candidate as O'Shaughnessy makes it three". Cornwall Standard Freeholder, July 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "Leslie O'Shaughnessy Finally Explains Why He Resigned from Kilger Council in Cornwall Ontario". The Cornwall Free News. March 18, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  5. ^ John R. Bolton "All the best to Leslie O'Shaughnessy - Cornwall has lost a good Councillor", ourhometown.ca; accessed May 18, 2017.
  6. ^ "2018 City of Cornwall Election: Mayor" (PDF). City of Cornwall, Ontario. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  7. ^ Hambleton, Todd (2023-08-15). "Former Cornwall Mayor Leslie O'Shaughnessy passes away". Cornwall Standard-Freeholder. Retrieved 2023-08-15.


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