He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1985, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Ontario Agricultural College (later the University of Guelph) in 1940.
He enlisted with the Canadian Army following his graduation, and served until the end of World War II in 1945.
Kennedy was a trustee on the South Peel Board of Education from 1955 to 1963, and a commissioner on Toronto Township Hydro from 1963 to 1967.
[4][5][6][7] He was a backbench supporter of the John Robarts, William Davis and Frank Miller administrations, and served as Chief Government Whip for a period in the 1970s.