B.: 1871 D.: 1949
Married: Jessie Rose Kinsman, Minnie R. Kaitting
Billy Weichel, as he was familiarly called, was born in Elmira where the family conducted a hardware store. After getting his education in Elmira Public School and Berlin High School, he began clerking in the Elmira store. In 1896 the father, Michael Weichel, purchased the J.W. Fear and Co. Hardware on King St S in Waterloo. It was called the M. Weichel and Sons Hardware and William became the manager. Eventually he became the owner calling the business Weichel Hardware. William became interested in politics and particularly in the Conservative Party. In 1911 he defeated William Lyon Mackenzie King but was unseated by the Liberals in the next election. He returned to local politics then he was elected Mayor of Waterloo in 1922-23. In 1923 he switched his interest to provincial politics when was elected Conservative MPP for Waterloo riding. He retired from the political arena in 1934.
Sources:
1. Middleton and London, William Weichel.
2. Marg Rowell et al, Welcome to Waterloo.
3. Waterloo County Councillors: A Collective Biography.
4. Vertical File, “Waterloo,” Kitchener Public Library.
5. Confederation Number, Diamond Jubilee, July 1927. Waterloo Chronicle, 1927.
6. WHS, 1949, Vol. 37, Wm. G. Weichel
7. The Town of Waterloo, J.P. Jaffray.
William George Weichel Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of William "Billy" George Weichel from the Ellis Little Papers. This biography has been transcribed exactly as written. Ellis Little was a local historian, who was the principal of Elizabeth Ziegler Public School.On his retirement, he invested much of his time in researching and writing about Waterloo's history. The Ellis Little Papers consist of extensive notes, papers and historical works.
- Notes
- Please scroll to the bottom of the page to see the transcribed text. To see the original document, please visit the Ellis Little Local History Room at the Main Branch of the Waterloo Public Library.
- Date Of Event
- 1871-1949
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Kinsman, Jessie ; Kaitting, Minnie ; Weichel George ; Weichel, Billy ; Weichel, Jessie ; Weichel, Kaitting ; King, William Lyon
- Corporate Name(s)
- M. Weichel and Sons Hardware ; Weichel Hardware
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.235
- Collection
- Ellis Little Papers: Men and Women of Our Past
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- To obtain a copy of this item and for terms of use please contact the Waterloo Public Library.
- Location of Original
- Ellis Little Papers
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
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