Valentine Ratz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: St. Jacobs, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
About Valentine Ratz
- Valentine Ratz (November 12, 1848 – March 1, 1924) was a Canadian lumber merchant and politician in the province of Ontario.Born in St.
- Jacobs, County of Waterloo, Canada West, the son of Jacob Ratz, Ratz received his education at Pine Hill Public School.
- As a lumber merchant, he was President of the South River Lumber Company of Parry Sound District.
- In 1879 he entered the municipal council of the Township of Stephen and was Deputy Reeve and Reeve.
- He was also elected Warden of the County of Huron in 1886.
- In 1873, Ratz married Mary Yagers.
- He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Middlesex North in the general election of 1896.
- A Liberal, he was defeated in the 1900 federal election and was re-elected in the 1904 federal election.
- He was summoned to the Senate of Canada for the senatorial division of Parkhill, Ontario on the advice of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier in 1909.
- He served until his death in Guelph in 1924.
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