Albert Friedrich Trapp (died January 9, 1953
) was a politician in
Manitoba
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, Canada. He served in the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
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from 1951 until his death.
Trapp was the son of Wilhelm Trapp, a
German
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immigrant. In 1913, he married Charlotte Arnhold. He served on the council 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 ...
, also serving as reeve, was a school trustee and helped found the Brokenhead Agricultural Society.
Trapp was elected to the Manitoba legislature in a
by-election
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held in
St. Clements on October 24, 1950, following the death of the previous member,
Nicholas Stryk
Nicholas John Stryk (December 17, 1896 in the Austro-Hungarian Empire – July 11, 1950) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1941 to 1945, and again from 1949 unti ...
.
He easily defeated candidates from the
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
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and
Labour Progressive Party,
and served as a backbench supporter of
Douglas Campbell's government.
Trapp's time in the legislature was brief, as he died in office in
Beausejour in 1953. His son,
A.A. Trapp, also served in the legislature in the 1950s.
References
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Manitoba Liberal Party MLAs
Year of birth missing
1953 deaths