Louis Orville Breithaupt

Louis Orville Breithaupt
18th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
In office
18 February 1952 – 6 December 1957
MonarchElizabeth II
Governor GeneralVincent Massey
PremierLeslie Frost
Preceded byRay Lawson
Succeeded byJohn Keiller MacKay
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Waterloo North
In office
19 August 1940 – 18 February 1952
Preceded byWilliam Daum Euler
Succeeded byNorman Schneider
ConstituencyWaterloo North
Personal details
Born(1890-10-28)28 October 1890
Berlin, Ontario
Died12 December 1960(1960-12-12) (aged 70)
Toronto, Ontario
Spouse(s)Sara Caskey
Mabel Louise White
ChildrenLouis Paul Breithaupt, Mary Cram, Sara Bastedo, Herbert Breithaupt
Parent
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
OccupationBusinessman

Louis Orville Breithaupt (28 October 1890 – 6 December 1960)[1] served as the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada, from 1952 to 1957.[2]

Life and career

Born in Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario,[2] the son of Emma Alvarine (Devitt) and Louis Jacob Breithaupt,[3] he was educated at the University of Toronto. 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 Liberal Member of Parliament from 1940 to 1952.[2]

Breithaupt was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario in 1952 and served until 1957.[2]

In 1953, he was awarded an honorary LL.D from McMaster University.[4]

Breithaupt was active in many service organizations, such as the YMCA and Rotary Club. In 1959, he became Chancellor of Victoria University. Breithaupt died in Toronto in 1960 at the age of 70.[5] He was buried along with the rest of his family at Kitchener's Mount Hope Cemetery.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Hon. Louis O. Breithaupt Dies: Lt.-Governor Of Province 1952 to 1957" (Newspapers.com). The Windsor Star. Windsor ON. 7 December 1960. p. 6.
  2. ^ a b c d Louis Orville Breithaupt – Parliament of Canada biography
  3. ^ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  4. ^ "Honorary Degrees" (PDF). McMaster University. Retrieved 28 September 2009. [dead link]
  5. ^ "The Honourable Louis Orville Breithaupt (1890–1960)". Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  6. ^ "Lt. Gov. - Mayor Louis Orville Breithaupt". Waterloo Region Generations. Region of Waterloo. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
Government offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
1952–1957
Succeeded by
Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Waterloo North
1940–1952
Succeeded by

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