Denis Mahoney Council

A descendant of Irish immigrants who fled the potato famine in Ireland in the mid-19th century, Denis Mahoney was born in Rockland, Ontario on May 22, 1883.
Mahoney spent his professional life in the retail trade, first as a store manager until 1936 and then as manager of a bakery until retiring in 1952.

With his wife Anna, they raised 4 children: Gertrude, Margaret, Bishop James and John.

Mahoney served as Alderman on the Saskatoon City Council in 1924 and 1925. He was also a member of the Saskatoon Separate School Board.
He served in the Knights as a 4th degree member, a Grand Knight, and State Deputy.

Denis Mahoney died in Saskatoon in 1967, one month before his son’s consecration as Bishop of Saskatoon.