Nicholas Asmussen (April 14, 1871 – December 7, 1941)''Legislators and legislatures of Ontario : a reference guide''
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building contractor and political figure. He represented

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in the

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from 1919 to 1923 as an Independent Liberal and from 1934 to 1937 as a

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member. He was born in

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, the son of John and Catherina Asmussen, and came to Canada in 1878 with his family. He was educated in Berlin (later Kitchener). In 1908, he married Willisa Kesselring. Asmussen was mayor of Kitchener from 1925 to 1926.

References

* ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1922'', EJ Chambers

External links

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''A History of Kitchener, Ontario'', WV Uttley (1937)
1871 births 1941 deaths People from Flensburg Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Mayors of Kitchener, Ontario Canadian Lutherans German emigrants to Canada 20th-century mayors of places in Ontario 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{Ontario-mayor-stub