William Schmalz

William Henry Schmalz (1862 – 1933) was an insurance company executive and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of Kitchener from 1911 to 1912.[1]

Schmalz's parents came to Ontario from Hesse in 1854. In 1878, he joined the Economical Mutual Fire Insurance Company as a policy writer. In 1908, he became managing director. Schmalz worked for the company until 1933. Schmalz served 18 years on the hospital board, including three as president.[1] He was also a member of the Board of Trade. With W.J. Morris, he managed the Berliner Journal.[2]

He married Eleanor Oelschlager. His son William Henry Eugene Schmalz was an architect and designed the first city hall for the city of Kitchener.[3]

He was one of the foremost Canadian philatelists of his time, owning 45,000 stamps.[1] Schmalz was a singer in a number of choirs and played cornet in the Berlin orchestra.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "William H. Schmalz". Waterloo Region Hall of Fame.
  2. ↑ "William Henry Schmalz fonds". National Archives of Canada.
  3. ↑ "W.H.E. Schmalz collection". University of Waterloo.
  4. ↑ Leibbrandt, Gottlieb (1980). Little paradise : the saga of the German Canadians of Waterloo County, Ontario, 1800-1975. pp. 196–198.


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