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Julia Kiniski (born 1899 in Poland - d. October 11, 1969 in Edmonton, Alberta), was a four-term aldermen on the Edmonton City Council from 1963 until her death in 1969. Kiniski had previously been an unsuccessful candidate in 14 of the city's annual elections, between 1945 and 1962, running as an independent or as a candidate for far-left parties. ==Biography== Kiniski's family emigrated to Chipman, Alberta in 1912.〔Merrily K. Aubrey, "Kiniski Gardens", ''Naming Edmonton: From Ada to Zoie'' (2004), p. 182.〕 At the age of sixteen she married her husband, Nicholas, with whom she raised six children, including wrestler Gene Kiniski.〔 In 1936, Kiniski and her husband moved to Edmonton.〔Edmonton Public Library, (Election biographies ).〕 He worked as a barber, making $5 ($ today) a week, while she sold cosmetics and managed a café.〔 Having dropped out of school after the seventh grade,〔 in later life Kiniski "()nrolled in University of Alberta Extension courses, studying psychology, philosophy and world affairs".〔 During her numerous unsuccessful campaigns for local office, Kiniski "became an accomplished, albeit unconventional, speaker".〔 As a politician, she was "()nown and loved as supporter of the common people",〔 whose success spurred renewed civic involvement: As a member of the city council, "()ne of her pet projects... was her fight to support tenants in basement suites".〔〔Edmonton Journal, October 14, 1969, p. 1,3,10〕 She died of a heart attack at the age of 70,〔 and was succeeded in office by her son, Julian Kinisky, who won his mother's vacated seat in a 1970 by-election. An elementary school in Edmonton is named for her, as is the neighborhood of Kiniski Gardens.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Julia Kiniski」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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