Vincent Dantzer
| Vincent Martin Dantzer | |
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| Member of the Canadian House of Commons for Okanagan North | |
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In office 18 February 1980 – 21 November 1988 |
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| Preceded by | George Whittaker |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| 27th Mayor of Edmonton | |
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In office March 1965 – 16 October 1968 |
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| Preceded by | William Hawrelak |
| Succeeded by | Ivor Dent |
| Alderman on the Edmonton City Council | |
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In office 17 October 1962 – March 1965 |
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| Personal details | |
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2 October 1923 Rush Lake, Saskatchewan |
| Died | 13 March 2001 (aged 77) Vernon, British Columbia |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Civic Government Association, Better Civic Government Committee |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Catherine |
| Children | Nine |
| Alma mater | University of Alberta, University of Toronto |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Vincent Martin Dantzer (2 October 1923 – 13 March 2001) was a Canadian lawyer, economist, and politician, a member of the Canadian House of Commons, and a mayor of Edmonton.
Dantzer was born in Rush Lake, Saskatchewan. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942, and served as a Flying Officer in the Burma Campaign. He left the military in 1946, and began studying economics at the University of Saskatchewan, from which he graduated with an honours degree in 1948. He continued his studies at the University of Toronto, where he earned a Master of Arts in economics.
He 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. He left this position and moved to Edmonton to lecture in political science at the University of Alberta, where he also earned a law degree in 1956.
The following year, he started a law practice and worked as senior partner in a nine-person firm. He would remain with that firm until leaving Edmonton in 1970.
Dantzer's first attempt at elected office took place in 1956, when he ran for the separate (Roman Catholic) school board in that year's municipal election. He finished first of four candidates in that election, and became the board's chair. He was re-elected in the 1958 election, but was unseated in 1960. He would not try to regain his position.
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