Keith Hymmen

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]

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

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


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