Christian Kohler was an Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

 farmer and political figure. He represented Haldimand

Haldimand (electoral district)

Haldimand was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1892 and from 1904 to 1953. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867....

 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 as a Liberal member from 1911 to 1914.

He was born in Kohler, Haldimand County

Haldimand County, Ontario

Haldimand is a rural city-status single-tier municipality on the Niagara Peninsula in Southern Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Erie, and on the Grand River. Municipal offices are located in Cayuga....

, Canada West, the son of Martin Kohler, a German

Germany

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 immigrant. He was a livestock dealer in partnership with his brother Jacob. Kohler succeeded his brother as representative for Haldimand in the provincial assembly. He married Barbara Nie in 1884.

External links

• Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario