Robert Kerr

Robert John Kerr (August 28, 1929 – April 29, 2010) was a Canadian politician and businessman, most noted as the second mayor of Cambridge, Ontario, in 1975 and 1976, and as a co-founder with Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor and William C. Shaw of the IMAX company.

The owner of a printing business, Kerr served as mayor of Galt, one of the towns that would later be amalgamated into Cambridge, from 1964 to 1967. According to Claudette Millar, Kerr's predecessor as mayor, while her council had voted to support the initial motion to create the park, its successful construction and opening owed much more to Kerr's efforts; according to Millar, "if it weren’t for him it could have been a blank wall". From 1967 to 1994, he served as chairman, chairman emeritus, president and chief executive officer of IMAX.