Warring Kennedy
Warring Kennedy was Mayor of Toronto from 1894 to 1895.
Born in County Down, Ireland, Kennedy came to Toronto in 1858. In 1869, he opened a wholesale dry goods firm called Sampson, Kennedy and Gemmell. He was elected to Toronto City Council as alderman for St. John's Ward in 1871. In 1877, he was defeated when he ran for mayor and was defeated again in 1893. He was elected in 1894. He died in 1904 and is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada.
