April 5, 2015(2015-04-05) (aged 83) Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Political party
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
John Albert Gogo (February 15, 1932 – April 4, 2015) was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1993 and served several years in the provincial cabinet.[1][2]
Gogo joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1949 and saw combat in the Korean War.[3] He attained the rank of sergeant by the time he left the Army in 1962. In 1972 he became President of the Rotary Club of Lethbridge.[4]
Gogo ran in the 1975 Alberta general election as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Lethbridge West; he defeated incumbent Social Credit MLA Richard Gruenwald by a wide margin.[5] He served as Minister of Advanced Education in the provincial government from November 1985 to December 1992.
On May 31, 2007 Gogo was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Lethbridge.[6] He died in 2015 in Lethbridge.[7]
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^Kim Tams (8 April 2015). "Prominent Lethbridge Politician John Gogo, 83, dies". Global News. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
^"2007 Honorary Degree Recipients, Senate Award Winner". University of Lethbridge. March 8, 2007. Archived from the original on May 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
^"History of the Club Lethbridge". The Rotary Club of Lethbridge. Archived from the original on July 23, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
^"Lethbridge-West election results 1975". Alberta Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
^"Wednesday, June 6, 2007" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. June 6, 2007. p. 1582.
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