Arthur A. "Archie" Trapp (November 7, 1918
– August 2, 2007) was a politician in
Manitoba, Canada. He served in the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a
Liberal-Progressive
Liberal-Progressive was a label used by a number of candidates in Canadian elections between 1925 and 1953. In federal and Ontario politics, there was no Liberal-Progressive party: it was an alliance between two parties. In Manitoba, a party existe ...
from 1958 to 1959.
The son of
Albert Trapp
Albert Friedrich Trapp (died January 9, 1953) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1951 until his death.
Trapp was the son of Wilhelm Trapp, a German immigrant. In 1913, he married Charlo ...
and Charlotte Arnhold,
he was born in
Brokenhead, Manitoba. Trapp farmed and also operated timber and auctioneering businesses. He married Juliana Freund. Like his father, he served as reeve for the
Rural Municipality of Brokenhead
The Rural Municipality of Brokenhead is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
The Town of Beausejour, a separate urban municipality, lies within the borders of Brokenhead.
History
The RM was incorporated on 15 November ...
. Trapp later was employed with the Department of Indian Affairs. After his retirement, he became owner and operator of a fishing lodge in northern Manitoba.
Trapp was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the
1958 provincial election,
defeating
Progressive Conservative candidate
G.A. Stewart by 176 votes in the mid-northern constituency of
Lac Du Bonnet. He served in the parliamentary opposition during his time in the legislature.
In the
1959 election, Trapp challenged
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation Edward Schreyer in the neighbouring constituency of
Brokenhead. He was unsuccessful, finishing in third place.
He died in Winnipeg at the age of 88.
References
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Manitoba Liberal Party MLAs
1918 births
2007 deaths
People from Eastman Region, Manitoba