Leslie O'Shaughnessy

Leslie O'Shaughnessy was a Canadian politician, who was elected mayor of Cornwall, Ontario in the 2014 municipal election.[1]

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

Born in Cornwall, O'Shaughnessy previously served as reeve of the nearby township of Charlottenburg in the 1990s,[1] 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.[1]

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.[2][3] In the 2014 election, he defeated incumbent mayor Bob Kilger.[1][4] O'Shaughnessy ran for election again in 2018, but finished third behind the winner Bernadette Clement.[5]

He died on August 14 2023 of cancer.[6]

References
  1. "Cornwall chooses change" Archived 2014-11-05 at the Wayback Machine. Cornwall Standard Freeholder, October 27, 2014.
  2. "Cornwall votes: One more mayoral candidate as O'Shaughnessy makes it three". Cornwall Standard Freeholder, July 3, 2014.
  3. "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.
  4. John R. Bolton "All the best to Leslie O'Shaughnessy - Cornwall has lost a good Councillor", ourhometown.ca; accessed May 18, 2017.
  5. "2018 City of Cornwall Election: Mayor" (PDF). City of Cornwall, Ontario. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  6. Hambleton, Todd (2023-08-15). "Former Cornwall Mayor Leslie O'Shaughnessy passes away". Cornwall Standard-Freeholder. Retrieved 2023-08-15.


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