Memorable Manitobans: Howard Waldemar Winkler (1891-1970)

MP (1936-1940), MP (1940-1945), MP (1945-1949), MP (1949-1953).

Born at Morden, Manitoba on 4 March 1891, son of Valentine Winkler and Josephine Rombough, he attended the University of Manitoba (BA, BSA) then became a farmer at Morden. He served overseas during World War One with the 11th Canadian Field Ambulance Unit. He was elected to the House of Commons for Lisgar in 1935, re-elected in 1940, 1945, 1949 but did not stand for re-election in 1953. He died on 14 November 1970 at Mesa, Arizona.

A collection of his family photographs is held by the Archives of Manitoba.

His articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:

Early Manitoba Railroads
MHS Transactions Series 3, Number 10, 1953-54 Season.

Early Environs of Morden
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 16, Number 3, Spring 1971

Political Memoirs of H. W. Winkler, Part 1
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 17, Number 2, Winter 1972

Political Memoirs of H. W. Winkler, Part 2
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 17, Number 3, Winter 1972

Political Memoirs of H. W. Winkler, Part 3
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 18, Number 1, Autumn 1972

Political Memoirs of H. W. Winkler, Part 4
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 18, Number 2, Autumn 1972

Political Memoirs of H. W. Winkler, Part 5
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 18, Number 3, Spring 1973

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Profile revised: 2 November 2009

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