Farmer, MP (1957-1958), contractor.
Born at Friedensthal, Bessarabia, Russia on 12 October 1901, son of Jacob Schulz and Magdalene Schick, he attended the village school and the regional secondary agricultural school at Sarota, Russia. In 1925, he married Emilie Kelm (1901-1984) and they came to Canada in 1930 to farm in the Grandview region of Manitoba until 1953 when they moved to Winnipeg. They had three children: Herbert “Herb” Schulz, Paul Schulz, and Lily Schulz (wife of Edward Richard “Ed” Schreyer).
He served as a councillor for the Rural Municipality of Grandview (1945-1949), founding President of the Manitoba Farmers’ Union (1951-1954), and President of the National Farmers’ Union (1955-1956). Defeated in the 1949 provincial general election, in 1957 he was elected as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation to the House of Commons, representing the Springfield constituency. He was defeated in 1958 and 1962 general elections, and a 1958 by-election, and became President of the Super Construction Limited at Winnipeg, working in construction of apartment blocks through the 1960s.
He wrote two books: Rise and Fall of Canadian Farm Organizations (1955) and The American Nightmare (1972).
He died at the Concordia Hospital on 14 August 1983 and was buried in the Glen Eden Memorial Gardens. In 2010, he was inducted posthumously into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame.
The Canadian Directory of Parliament, 1867-1967, edited by J. K. Johnson, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa [Library and Archives Canada], 1968.
“Father-in-law’s warning unheeded,” Winnipeg Free Press, 22 December 1976, page 27.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 16 August 1983, page 33.
Obituary [Emilie Schulz], Winnipeg Free Press, 8 September 1984, page 61.
Biographical sketch, PARLINFO.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 May 2025
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