Walter Fitzgerald (politician)

Walter Fitzgerald

Mayor of Halifax
In office 1971–1974
Preceded by	Allan O'Brien
Succeeded by	Edmund L. Morris
MLA for Halifax Chebucto
In office 1974–1981
Preceded by	James L. Connolly
Succeeded by	Alexa McDonough
Mayor of Halifax
In office 1994–1996
Preceded by	Moira Ducharme
Succeeded by	Himself as Mayor of Halifax Regional Municipality
Mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality
In office 1996–2000
Preceded by	Himself as Mayor of Halifax
Succeeded by	Peter J. Kelly
Personal details
Born	(1936-05-08)May 8, 1936 Halifax, Nova Scotia
Died	October 11, 2014(2014-10-11) (aged 78) Halifax, Nova Scotia
Political party	Liberal

Walter Ronald Fitzgerald (May 8, 1936 – October 11, 2014) was a Canadian politician.

Early life and education

Fitzgerald was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of Phylis (Rondeau) and Walter Fizgerald.^[1] He graduated from Dalhousie University. Prior to his political career, Fitzgerald was a teacher and a former principal at Rockingstone Heights School in the Spryfield area.

Political career

He was first elected alderman for Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1966. He served as mayor of Halifax from 1971 to 1974, then as MLA for Halifax Chebucto from 1974 to 1981. He was the last mayor of the old city of Halifax from 1994 to 1996, and was the first mayor of the amalgamated Halifax Regional Municipality from 1996 to 2000.^[2] In the election of 2000, he was defeated by former Bedford mayor Peter J. Kelly.^[3]

Death

He died on October 11, 2014 in the early morning hours, of heart problems at a hospital in Halifax.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Walter Fizgerald obituary JA Snow Funeral Home
↑ "Former Mayors of Halifax". Office of the Mayor. Archived from the original on June 3, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
↑ "Ex-mayor extols staff after vote". The Chronicle Herald. July 6, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
↑ "Walter Fitzgerald, former Halifax mayor and MLA, dies at 78". The Chronicle Herald. October 11, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
↑ "Former Halifax mayor Walter Fitzgerald dies". CBC News. October 11, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2015.

List of mayors of Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

Halifax Regional Municipality (1996-present)	Fitzgerald Kelly Savage

Town of Bedford 1979-1996	Cosman Roberts Christie Kelly

County of Halifax Wardens & Mayors 1880-1996	Laurie Archibald Chipman Shatford Wilson Madill Smith Taylor Bishop Smith Madill Brenton Smiley Hopkins Peverill Dowell Leverman Burris Settle Salton MacKenzie Lichter Ball

Town and City of Dartmouth 1873-1996	Symonds Troop Weeks Turner Payzant Stairs Frazee Weston Simmonds Scarfe Oland Sterns Johnson Scarfe Williams Notting Williams Simpson Vidito Mosher McLean Mosher Topple Mosher Isnor Pettipas Morris Akerly Zatsman Thornhill Stubbs Brownlow Savage McCluskey

City of Halifax (1841-1996)	Binney E. Kenny Williamson Keith Bell MacKinlay Jennings Stairs Hemmeon Pryor Caldwell MacKinlay Keith Pryor Scott Pryor Caldwell Hill Richey Tobin Henry Dunbar Duggan Sinclair Richey Tobin Fraser Mackintosh O'Mullin McPherson Keefe McPherson Stephen Hamilton Crosby MacIlreith Crosby Chisholm Bligh Martin Hawkins Parker Murphy J. B. Kenny Castonguay Ritchie Thompson Cragg Mitchell Donovan Lloyd Butler Ahern Kinley Donahoe Kitz Vaughan Lloyd Vaughan O'Brien Fitzgerald Morris Hanson Wallace Leiper Ducharme Fitzgerald

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