Patrick Morgan Mahoney, PC

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 (born January 20, 1929) is a retired judge and former politician, lawyer and businessman.

Mahoney was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 in the 1968 election

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 as the Liberal

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 Member of Parliament

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 for Calgary South

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. An Alberta

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 Liberal in a province and city not known for electing Liberal politicians, Mahoney rode the wave of Trudeaumania

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 to defeat the Progressive Conservative

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 incumbent in the riding by just over 700 votes.

In 1970, he became parliamentary secretary

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 to the Minister of Finance. He held that position until January 1972 when he was promoted to the Cabinet of Prime Minister

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 Pierre Trudeau

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 as a Minister of State

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.

Mahoney's promotion was not enough for him to save his Calgary

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 seat in the subsequent 1972 election

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, and he went down to defeat at the hands of his Tory

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 rival, losing by more than 16,000 votes. Mahoney was the last Liberal to represent any Calgary riding in the House of Commons.

Subsequent to his defeat, Mahoney, a lawyer by training, was appointed to the Federal Court of Appeal.

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