Education
University of Alberta.
University of Alberta.
A Liberal in a province and city not known for electing Liberal politicians, Mahoney rode the wave of Trudeaumania to defeat Progressive Conservative incumbent Harold Raymond Ballard by 756 votes. In 1970, he became parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Finance. He held that position until January 1972 when he was promoted to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as a Minister of State.
Subsequent to his defeat, Mahoney, a lawyer by training, was appointed to the Federal Court of Appeal.
He briefly served as the team"s general manager in 1965 and also served as president of the league"s Western Football Conference. He retired to North Vancouver, British Columbia where he died at the age of 83.
Mahoney was the last Liberal to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons from a Calgary-based riding until 2015.
Mahoney was first elected to parliament in the 1968 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Calgary South.