Maitland Steinkopf was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1962 to 1964, and again from 1964 to 1966.
16 Facts About Maitland Steinkopf
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Maitland Steinkopf was called to the Manitoba Bar in December 1936.
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Maitland Steinkopf succeeded his father as honorary consul for Czechoslovakia in 1937.
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Maitland Steinkopf served in the Canadian Forces in World War II, as a private in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and a lieutenant colonel with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps.
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Maitland Steinkopf served as chairman of a special committee of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly on consumer credit in 1966.
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Maitland Steinkopf was Chancellor of Brandon University from 1967 to 1970.
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Maitland Steinkopf was chairman of the Manitoba Centennial Corporation from 1963 until his death of a heart attack on Sunday, November 22,1970.
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Maitland Steinkopf founded the Canada West Shoe Manufacturing Company, and was a president of several companies including Bonded Investments Ltd.
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Maitland Steinkopf was a member of the Canada Israel Development Corporation, and served as chairman of State of Israel bonds in Manitoba.
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Maitland Steinkopf was an honorary counsel with the government of Czechoslovakia until 1948.
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Maitland Steinkopf was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1962 provincial election, defeating Liberal Roy Matas by over 1,000 votes in the upscale Winnipeg riding of River Heights.
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Maitland Steinkopf was appointed to cabinet on June 12,1963, as Provincial Secretary and Minister of Public Utilities.
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In 1964, Maitland Steinkopf was implicated in controversial a land assembly payment.
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Maitland Steinkopf later served as chairman of the Manitoba Centennial Centre Corporation from 1963 until his death of a heart attack on Sunday, 22 November 1970.
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Maitland Steinkopf received a Manitoba Centennial Medal from the Manitoba Historical Society, and was inducted into the Manitoba Order of the Buffalo Hunt and the Order of Canada.
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Maitland Steinkopf died on Sunday, November 22,1970, from a heart attack.