William Costello Kennedy

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William Costello Kennedy

Member of the Canadian Parliament for Essex North
In office 1917–1923
Preceded by	Oliver James Wilcox
Succeeded by	Albert Frederick Healy
Personal details
Born	(1868-08-27)August 27, 1868 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Died	January 17, 1923(1923-01-17) (aged 54) Naples, Florida, United States
Political party	Liberal
Cabinet	Minister of Railways and Canals (1921-1923)

William Costello Kennedy, PC (August 27, 1868 – January 17, 1923) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Essex North in the 1917 federal election as a Laurier-Liberal. He was re-elected as a Liberal in 1921. From 1921 until his death, he was the Minister of Railways and Canals in the government of William Lyon Mackenzie King.

References

"William Costello Kennedy". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.

Ministers of Transport

Ministers of Railways and Canals (1879–1936)	Tupper Pope Macdonald Bowell (acting) Haggart Ouimet (acting) Haggart Blair Fielding (acting) Emmerson Fielding (acting) Graham Cochrane Reid Stewart Kennedy Graham Dunning Drayton (acting) Black Dunning Crerar Manion Howe

Ministers of Transport (1936–2006)	Howe Cardin Howe (acting) Michaud Chevrier Marler Hees Balcer McIlraith Pickersgill Hellyer Richardson (acting) Jamieson Marchand Lang Mazankowski Pépin Axworthy Mazankowski Crosbie Bouchard Lewis Corbeil Young Anderson Collenette Valeri Lapierre

Ministers of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (2006–15)	Cannon Baird Strahl Lebel Raitt

Ministers of Transport (2015–present)	Garneau

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