Christian Kumpf

{{Short description|German-born politician}} '''Christian Kumpf''' (22 August 1838<ref name=generations /> – 9 January 1905) was a German-born politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of Waterloo from 1879 to 1880 and from 1888 to 1889.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Christian Kumpf|url=https://images.ourontario.ca/waterloo/47129/data|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201229064143/https://images.ourontario.ca/waterloo/details.asp?ID=47129|archive-date=December 29, 2020|access-date=December 29, 2020|website=Waterloo Public Library|publisher=Waterloo Public Library}}</ref>

He was born in Beerfelden, Hesse. He immigrated to Canada in 1846. By 1852, he was living in Preston.<ref name=generations /> Kumpf worked for Daniel Snyder in his store and post office, eventually becoming assistant postmaster. He was working as a printer by around 1855.<ref name=generations /> 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. He purchased the Erb-Kumpf House from Elias Snider in 1869.<ref name=generations>{{cite web |url=https://generations.regionofwaterloo.ca/getperson.php?personID=I42272&tree=generations |title=Mayor Christian Kumpf |website=Waterloo Region Generations |access-date=October 26, 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref name="waterloo">{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Christian Kumpf, 1838-1905|url=http://www.waterloo.ca/en/contentresources/resources/government/early_mayors_christian_kumpf.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618185250/http://www.waterloo.ca/en/contentresources/resources/government/early_mayors_christian_kumpf.pdf|archivedate=2013-06-18|access-date=|work=Early Mayors|publisher=City of Waterloo}}</ref>

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