Keith Hymmen

Keith Hymmen
MP for Waterloo North
In office
January 18, 1965 – June 24, 1968
Preceded by Mike Weichel
Succeeded by riding dissolved
MP for Kitchener
In office
June 25, 1968 – May 9, 1974
Preceded by first member
Succeeded by Patrick Flynn
Personal details
Born June 13, 1913
Berlin, Ontario
Died January 16, 1978
Political party Liberal
Occupation Chemical Engineer

Keith Reinhardt Hymmen (June 13, 1913 – January 16, 1978) was a Canadian politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he represented the electoral districts of Waterloo North from 1965 to 1968, and Kitchener from 1968 to 1974, in the House of Commons.[1]

The son of Horace Hymmen and Clara Dunke, he was educated in Kitchener and at the University of Toronto. Hymmen became a chemical engineer in Kitchener. In 1940, he married Ruth Amelia Iredale.[2] He served on Kitchener city council and was mayor of Kitchener for six months in 1958 and again from 1963 to 1965.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Keith Hymmen - Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.