William Daum Euler

The Hon. William Daum Euler
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Waterloo North
In office 1917–1940
Preceded by	William George Weichel
Succeeded by	Louis Orville Breithaupt
Senator for Waterloo, Ontario
In office 1940–1961
Appointed by	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Personal details
Born	July 10, 1875 Conestogo, Ontario
Died	July 15, 1961 (aged 86) Kitchener, Ontario
Political party	Liberal
Cabinet	Minister of Customs and Excise (1926–1927) Minister of National Revenue (1927–1930) Minister of Trade and Commerce (1935–1940)

William Daum Euler, PC (July 10, 1875 – July 15, 1961) was a Canadian parliamentarian.

Born in Conestogo, Ontario, the son of Henry Euler and Catherine Daum,^[1] he attended Berlin High School between the years of 1891 and 1893. He then taught in Suddaby Public School and later founded the Euler Business College. Euler married Jean Howd.^[1] He was mayor of Berlin, Ontario (now Kitchener) from 1914 to 1917. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1917 representing the riding of Waterloo North, Ontario. A Liberal, he held three cabinet positions: Minister of Customs and Excise (1926 to 1927), Minister of National Revenue (1927 to 1930), and Minister of Trade and Commerce (1935 to 1940). He served until 1940, when he was appointed to the Senate representing the senatorial division of Waterloo, Ontario. He died in office in 1961 in Kitchener.^[1] He is buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener, Ontario.

As Senator, he waged the campaign to eliminate the ban on margarine in Canada.^[2]

In 1961 he became the first Chancellor of Waterloo Lutheran University (now Wilfrid Laurier University).

References

• Brown, H. W., B.A. (1927). "The Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School: Its History". Fifteenth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society 15: 268-284.

1. Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
2. W. H. Heick (1991). A Propensity to Protect: Butter, Margarine and the Rise of Urban Culture in Canada. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 978-0-88920-994-7.

External links

• William Daum Euler – Parliament of Canada biography