predecessor successor nationality office term_start article_title term_end name
bert weeks david burr canadian 29th mayor of windsor , ontario 1983 elizabeth kishkon
 1985 elizabeth kishkon
elizabeth kishkon

elizabeth kishkon is a former canadian politician , who served as the 29th mayor of the city of windsor , ontario from 1983 to 1985 .
she was the first woman ever elected to the mayoralty of windsor .
kishkon grew up in london , england .
as mayor , she hosted a royal visit to windsor by queen elizabeth and prince phillip in 1984 .
she was awarded an honorary ll.d .
by the university of windsor in 1986 .
federal new democratic party leader ed broadbent asked kishkon to run as the ndp 's candidate in windsor west in the 1988 federal election .
kishkon refused , however , citing the fact that she did not want to run against herb gray .
