Vincent Dantzer
Vincent Martin Dantzer | |
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Mayor of Edmonton | |
In office March 1965 – 16 October 1968 | |
Preceded by | William Hawrelak |
Succeeded by | Ivor Dent |
Alderman on the Edmonton City Council | |
In office 17 October 1962 – March 1965 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Rush Lake, Saskatchewan | 2 October 1923
Died | 13 March 2001 Vernon, British Columbia | (aged 77)
Political party | Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Civic Government Association, Better Civic Government Committee |
Spouse | Mary Catherine |
Children | Nine |
Alma mater | University of Alberta, University of Toronto |
Profession | Lawyer |
Vincent Martin Dantzer (2 October 1923 – 13 March 2001) was a
Early life
Dantzer was born in
He worked for the
The following year, he started a law practice and worked as senior partner in a nine-person firm. He would remain with that firm until leaving Edmonton in 1970.
Municipal politics
Dantzer's first attempt at elected office took place in 1956, when he ran for the separate (
Instead, he ran for alderman on Edmonton City Council in the 1962 election. He finished fifth of thirteen candidates, and became one of five candidates elected to a two-year term. He was re-elected in the 1964 election, finishing eighth of forty-six candidates (that election marked the end of staggered aldermanic terms in Edmonton; accordingly, all twelve of the city's aldermen were elected at once).
On 11 March 1965, mayor
In 1970, not long after leaving municipal politics, Dantzer moved to Vernon, British Columbia where he became the senior partner in a six-person firm that he founded.
Federal politics
In the 1980 federal election, Dantzer ran for the House of Commons of Canada as the Progressive Conservative candidate in Okanagan North. He won an easy victory over his two challengers, and was re-elected by an increased margin in the 1984 federal election.
He did not seek re-election in the 1988 election, and did not return to public life thereafter.
Personal life and legacy
Dantzer was married to Mary Catherine; the couple had nine children.
Vincent Dantzer died of heart failure on 13 March 2001.
Dantzer's Hill in Edmonton is named in his honour.