Vince Agro (October 20, 1936 – September 4, 2020) was born in the North End of

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. He was acting mayor of

, in the Canadian province of

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from 1976 to 1977. He assumed the position after

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had a heart attack. He ran for a full term as mayor in 1976, but was defeated by fellow alderman Jack MacDonald. He served as alderman for Ward Two from 1970 until 1976, and again from 1978 until 1997. In 2012, Agro published his

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, ''The Good Doctor''. It was a finalist for the

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Reader's Choice contest. He died in 2020, aged 83.Vince Agro, former Hamilton mayor and award-winning author, dies at 83
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