Christian Kumpf

Christian Kumpf (August 22, 1838[1] – January 9, 1904) was a German-born politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of Waterloo from 1879 to 1880 and from 1888 to 1889.[2]

He was born in Beerfelden, Hesse. He immigrated to Canada in 1846. By 1852, he was living in Preston.[1] Kumpf worked for Daniel Snyder in his store and post office, eventually becoming assistant postmaster. He was working as a printer by around 1855.[1] In 1860, with John Bowman, he purchased the Berlin Chronicle and Provincial Reformers' Gazette, renaming it the Waterloo County Chronicle. On Snyder's retirement, Kumpf became postmaster in 1862. He purchased the Erb-Kumpf House from Elias Snider in 1869.[1] In 1885, he became the local agent for the Bell Telephone Company and, in 1889, helped establish the Dominion Life Assurance Company and served as one its first vice-presidents. Kumpf was first president of the Waterloo Board of Trade, first chair of the Board of Park Management and a member of the first board for the Berlin-Waterloo Hospital.[3]