{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = John Gogo | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = John Albert Gogo | birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|2|15}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|4|5|1932|2|15}} | death_place = Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | constituency = Lethbridge West | term_start = 1975 | term_end = 1993 | predecessor = Richard Gruenwald | successor = Clint Dunford | party = Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta | occupation = | spouse = }}
'''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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZV0VAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Gogo,+John%22+%22Lethbridge%22+AND+%22Feb.%22|title = Guide Parlementaire Canadien|year = 1979}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1928332/prominent-lethbridge-politician-john-gogo-83-dies/|title=Prominent Lethbridge Politician John Gogo, 83, dies|author=Kim Tams|date=8 April 2015|work=Global News|accessdate=9 April 2015}}</ref>
Gogo joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1949 and saw combat in the Korean War.<ref name="hondeg">{{cite web|title=2007 Honorary Degree Recipients, Senate Award Winner|url=http://www.uleth.ca/notice/display.html?b=13&s=7562|publisher=University of Lethbridge|accessdate=2008-05-24|date=March 8, 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505170225/http://www.uleth.ca/notice/display.html?b=13&s=7562|archivedate=May 5, 2007}}</ref> 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.<ref name="rotary">{{cite web|url=http://lethbridgerotary.org/Misc%20to%202007/Charter-Members.htm |title=History of the Club Lethbridge |publisher=The Rotary Club of Lethbridge |accessdate=2008-05-24 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723220348/http://lethbridgerotary.org/Misc%20to%202007/Charter-Members.htm |archivedate=July 23, 2008 }}</ref>
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.<ref name="elec1">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1975&Constit=Lethbridge_West|title=Lethbridge-West election results 1975|publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation|accessdate=2008-05-19|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612185504/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1975&Constit=Lethbridge_West|archivedate=2011-06-12}}</ref> 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.<ref name="honor">{{cite hansard|house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta|date=June 6, 2007|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_26/session_3/20070606_1300_01_han.pdf|page=1582|title=Wednesday, June 6, 2007}}</ref> He died in 2015 in Lethbridge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1928332/prominent-lethbridge-politician-john-gogo-83-dies/|title=Prominent Lethbridge Politician John Gogo, 83, dies | Globalnews.ca}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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