Louis Orville Breithaupt (October 28, 1890 – December 12, 1960) served as the

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, Canada, from 1952 to 1957.

Life and career

Born in Berlin (later Kitchener),

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, the son of Emma Alvarine (Devitt) and Louis Jacob Breithaupt, he was educated at the

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. He became head of his family's leather business, Breithaupt Leather Company, in Kitchener. He was a Kitchener alderman for four years, and in 1923 became the youngest mayor in the city's history. He was a

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Member of Parliament from 1940 to 1952. Breithaupt was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario in 1952 and served until 1957. In 1953, he was awarded an honorary

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. Breithaupt was active in many service organizations, such as the

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and Rotary Club. In 1959, he became Chancellor of Victoria University. Breithaupt died in Toronto in 1960 at the age of 70. He was buried along with the rest of his family at Kitchener's Mount Hope Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Breithaupt, Louis Orville Lieutenant Governors of Ontario Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Liberal Party of Canada MPs University of Toronto alumni Canadian university and college chancellors Members of the United Church of Canada Canadian people of German descent 1890 births 1960 deaths Mayors of Kitchener, Ontario Burials at Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario