Leonard Arthur Kitz QC (April 9, 1916 – January 30, 2006) was the first Jewish mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia (1955–1957).
With the outbreak of World War II in Europe, Kitz joined the Canadian Army becoming an infantry officer in the Princess Louise Fusiliers.
Kitz is most remembered for his part as the 'driving force' behind the funding and construction of a statue of Winston Churchill which is a landmark on Halifax's Spring Garden Road.
Kitz was re-elected in 1956, but two years later he resigned the mayorship to run, unsuccessfully, as a Liberal for parliament in the federal riding of Halifax.
He remarried in 1971 to Janet (née Brownlee) Kitz who became a noted historian of the Halifax Explosion and author of a number of books on the subject.