# Jacob Schulz

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{{Short description|Canadian politician and farmer (1901–1983)}}
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'''Jacob (Jake) Shulz''' (October 12, 1901 – August 14, 1983) was a Canadian farmer and politician as well as the father-in-law of [Governor General](/source/Governor_General_of_Canada) [Ed Schreyer](/source/Ed_Schreyer).

Shulz was born in Friedensthal,<ref>[http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/schulz_j.shtml Jacob “Jake” Schulz (1901-1983)] at the Manitoba Historical Society site</ref> a [Bessarabia German](/source/Bessarabia_Germans) community in the [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire), from 1918 part of Romania and today [Mirnopolye](/source/Mirnopolye%2C_Artsyz_Raion), Ukraine. He came to Canada with his wife in 1930 to become a farmer in the [Gilbert Plains](/source/Gilbert_Plains) area of [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba). He joined the [co-operative movement](/source/co-operative_movement) and became involved in municipal politics.<ref name=cp>"Jacob Shulz", ''Canadian Press'', August 17, 1983</ref>

He was a candidate for the [Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation](/source/Co-operative_Commonwealth_Federation_(Manitoba)) in the [1949 provincial election](/source/1949_Manitoba_general_election) in the [electoral district](/source/Electoral_district_(Canada)) of [Gilbert Plains](/source/Gilbert_Plains_(electoral_district)), losing by 330 votes to [Ray Mitchell](/source/Ray_Mitchell).

In 1950, Schulz became founding president of the Manitoba Farmers Union and served as chairman of the [Interprovincial Farm Union Council](/source/National_Farmers_Union_(Canada)) in the mid-1950s.<ref>[http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/saskatchewan_farmers_union.html "Saskatchewan Farmers Union", Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan]</ref> He was elected to Parliament in the [1957 general election](/source/1957_Canadian_federal_election) representing the [Springfield](/source/Springfield_(federal_electoral_district)) district for the [Co-operative Commonwealth Federation](/source/Co-operative_Commonwealth_Federation). He served for the short [23rd Canadian Parliament](/source/23rd_Canadian_Parliament), which lasted less than a year, before losing his seat in the [1958 federal election](/source/1958_Canadian_federal_election) that elected a landslide [majority government](/source/majority_government) for the [Progressive Conservative Party of Canada](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada).<ref name=cp/>

Shulz founded a construction company in 1960 and wrote a book, ''The Rise and Fall of Farm Organizations''.<ref name=cp/>

His son, Herbert, was also a farmer and co-operative farm activist. His daughter, [Lily](/source/Lily_Schreyer), is married to Ed Schreyer, who, in the [1965 federal election](/source/1965_Canadian_federal_election), was elected a [New Democratic Party](/source/New_Democratic_Party) MP from Schulz' old riding of Springfield.<ref name=cp/>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=366}}

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Category:1901 births
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Category:Bessarabia-German people
Category:Canadian people of German descent
Category:Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPs
Category:Farmers from Manitoba
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba
Category:Romanian emigrants to Canada
Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada

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