Joseph Ignatino Meinzinger (February 18, 1892 – June 3, 1962) was an

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insurance salesman and political figure. He represented

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in the

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from 1945 to 1948 as a Liberal-Labour member. He was born in Berlin, Ontario (later Kitchener), the son of Ignatius Meinzinger. In 1918, he married Lillian Hummel. Meinzinger owned a boxing club in the city and served six years as mayor of Kitchener. He was a member of the

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. He died on June 3, 1962, and was buried on June 6, 1962, at Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener.

References

* ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1947'', PG Normandin

External links

Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of OntarioWaterloo County Hall of Fame
1892 births 1962 deaths Liberal-Labour Ontario MPPs Mayors of Kitchener, Ontario Canadian Roman Catholics Burials at Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario {{Ontario-mayor-stub