Christian Kumpf

Christian Kumpf (1838^[1] – January 9, 1904) was a German-born politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of Waterloo from 1879 to 1880 and from 1888 to 1889.^[2]

He was born in Beerfelden, Hesse-Darmstadt and later came to Canada, settling in Waterloo. Kumpf worked for Daniel Snyder in his store and post office, eventually becoming assistant postmaster. In 1860, with John Bowman, he purchased the Berlin Chronicle and Provincial Reformers' Gazette, renaming it the Waterloo County Chronicle. On Snyder's retirement, Kumpf became postmaster in 1862. In 1885, he became the local agent for the Bell Telephone Company and, in 1889, helped establish the Dominion Life Assurance Company and served as one its first vice-presidents. Kumpf was first president of the Waterloo Board of Trade, first chair of the Board of Park Management and a member of the first board for the Berlin-Waterloo Hospital.^[1]

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