16 Facts About Vincent Dantzer

Vincent Dantzer enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942, and served as a Flying Officer in the Burma Campaign.

Vincent Dantzer left the military in 1946, and began studying economics at the University of Saskatchewan, from which he graduated with an honours degree in 1948.

Vincent Dantzer continued his studies at the University of Toronto, where he earned a Master of Arts in economics.

Vincent Dantzer worked for the Canadian government's department of Trade and Commerce as a research economist in 1949 before returning to Saskatchewan to work in the provincial government's budget bureau.

Vincent Dantzer left this position and moved to Edmonton to lecture in political science at the University of Alberta, where he earned a law degree in 1956.

Vincent Dantzer would remain with that firm until leaving Edmonton in 1970.

Vincent Dantzer finished first of four candidates in that election, and became the board's chair.

Vincent Dantzer was re-elected in the 1958 election, but was unseated in 1960.

Vincent Dantzer finished fifth of thirteen candidates, and became one of five candidates elected to a two-year term.

Vincent Dantzer was re-elected in the 1964 election, finishing eighth of forty-six candidates.

Vincent Dantzer was able to defeat Hawrelak in the 1966 election, but did not seek re-election at the conclusion of this term.

In 1970, not long after leaving municipal politics, Vincent Dantzer moved to Vernon, British Columbia where he became the senior partner in a six-person firm that he founded.

Vincent Dantzer won an easy victory over his two challengers, and was re-elected by an increased margin in the 1984 federal election.

Vincent Dantzer did not seek re-election in the 1988 election, and did not return to public life thereafter.

Vincent Dantzer was married to Mary Catherine; the couple had nine children.

Vincent Dantzer died of heart failure on 13 March 2001.