Career
Kennedy helped found the Social Cr party in Alberta in 1935, He ran as a candidate 3 years later and was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Social Cr candidate in a by-election held on March 21, 1938. He defeated 2 other candidates including former Liberal Modern Language Association Robert Colin Marshall. After his defeat in the 1940 election he became a perennial candidate running in almost every federal election under the Social Cr banner in various federal electoral districts in Alberta until 1963.
He also served as chief campaign organizer for Social Cr parties on the provincial level in various elections.
Kennedy has three sons, including Reverend Ernest Kennedy.