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Kieth Hymmen

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Kieth Hymmen
MP for Waterloo North
In office
January 18, 1965 – June 24, 1968
Preceded byMike Weichel
Succeeded byriding dissolved
MP for Kitchener
In office
June 25, 1968 – May 9, 1974
Preceded byfirst member
Succeeded byPatrick Flynn
Personal details
BornJune 13, 1913
Berlin, Ontario, Canada
DiedJanuary 16, 1978(1978-01-16) (aged 64)
Political partyLiberal
OccupationChemical engineer

Kieth Reinhardt Hymmen (June 13, 1913 – January 16, 1978) was a Canadian politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he represented the Waterloo North electoral district from 1965 to 1968, and Kitchener electoral district 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] He died in 1978 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kieth Hymmen – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  3. ^ "Dr. - Mayor Keith R. Hymmen". Waterloo Region Generations. Region of Waterloo. Retrieved 24 May 2021.