Howard Winkler | |
Birth Name: | Howard Waldemar Winkler |
Birth Date: | 1891 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Morden, Manitoba, Canada |
Death Place: | Mesa, Arizona, United States |
Spouse: | Ruth Doern (m. 1954) |
Riding: | Lisgar |
Predecessor: | John Livingstone Brown |
Successor: | William Albert Pommer |
Term Start: | October 1935 |
Term End: | June 1953 |
Profession: | farmer |
Party: | Liberal |
Howard Waldemar Winkler (4 March 1891 – 14 November 1970) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Morden, Manitoba and became a farmer by career.
Winkler graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Arts in 1912, and a BSA in 1916. He also served in the military as a member of the 11th Canadian Field Ambulance unit in World War I, where he performed some duties in France. His father, Valentine Winkler, was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and was provincial Minister of Agriculture from 1915 to 1920.[1]
He was first elected to Parliament at the Lisgar riding in the 1935 general election and re-elected there in 1940, 1945 and 1949. Winkler left the House of Commons after completing his fourth and final term of federal office and did not seek re-election in the 1953 election.
Winkler's uncle was former MLA and Legislative Speaker Enoch Winkler.
Winkler died in the United States in 1970 in Mesa, Arizona.[2]