Keith Butler | |
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Ontario MPP | |
In office 1963–1967 | |
Preceded by | John J. Wintermeyer |
Succeeded by | Edward R. Good |
Constituency | Waterloo North |
Personal details | |
Born | 1920 |
Died | 1977 (aged 56–57) Waterloo,Ontario |
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Occupation | Insurance broker |
Keith Elkington Butler (1920 - 1977) was a Canadian politician,who represented Waterloo North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1967 as a Progressive Conservative member.
Butler served in the Canadian Army and lost a leg in the battle for the Falaise Gap. [1] He served as Vice-President of the National Council of War Veterans.
An insurance broker,by training,he owned and operated Butler Insurance Limited. He was an active member of the Anglican Church and President of the Kitchener-Waterloo chapter of the Canadian Cancer Society. Butler was married with two children.
Butler is buried in Woodland Cemetery,Waterloo,Ontario.
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