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Place of Birth: Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada
About Enoch Winkler
- Enoch Winkler (January 2, 1852 – November 1, 1928) was a farmer, merchant and political figure in Manitoba.
- He represented Rosenfeldt from 1888 to 1899 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal. He was born in Waterloo County, Ontario, the son of David J.
- Winkler and the brother of Valentine Winkler.
- Winkler came west in 1874, working as a translator for a group of German-speaking Mennonites emigrating to Manitoba.
- In 1875, he moved to Emerson, where he set up a lumber business.
- He later settled in Gretna.
- In 1878, he married Helen Stewart.
- Winkler was reeve for the Rural Municipality of Rhineland and served as mayor of Gretna from 1898 to 1899 and in 1901.
- He was defeated when he ran for reelection to the Manitoba assembly in 1899.Winkler moved to California around 1908 but returned to Winnipeg a year and a half later.
- He died at home in Winnipeg at the age of 76.Winkler's former home in Gretna has been designated as a Municipal Heritage Site by the province of Manitoba.He was the father of ice hockey goaltender Hal Winkler.
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