Louis Orville Breithaupt (October 28, 1890 – December 12, 1960) served as the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

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, Canada

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, from 1952 to 1957.

Born in Berlin (later Kitchener

Kitchener, Ontario

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), Ontario

Ontario

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, the son of Louis Jacob Breithaupt

Louis Jacob Breithaupt

Louis Jacob Breithaupt was an Ontario manufacturer and political figure. He represented Waterloo North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1899 to 1902 as a Liberal member....

 and Emma Alvarine Devitt, he was educated at the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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. He became head of his family's leather business, Breithaupt Leather Company, in Kitchener. He was a Kitchener alderman for four years, and in 1923 became the youngest mayor in the city's history. He was a Liberal

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 Member of Parliament from 1940 to 1952.

Breithaupt was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario in 1952 and served until 1957.

In 1953, he was awarded an honorary LL.D from McMaster University

McMaster University

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.

Breithaupt was active in many service organizations, such as the YMCA

YMCA

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 and Rotary Club. In 1959, he became Chancellor of Victoria University

University of Toronto

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. Breithaupt died in Toronto in 1960 at the age of 70.