Mayor Harold Paikin

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-258466
• Elected Office: 1953, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Waterloo City councillor
• Elected Office: 1958, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Waterloo City Mayor
• Elected Office: 1960, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Waterloo City councillor
• Elected Office: 1964, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Waterloo City councillor
• Elected Office: 1966, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Waterloo City councillor

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SERVED 2 YEARS
Ex-Waterloo Mayor, 1 Harold Paikin Dies

Harold Paikin, Waterloo's first mayor under the two-year term, died today at K-W Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was 47.

Burial was conducted today at the Beth Jacob Synagogue by Rabbi Philip Rosensweig.

He was a city alderman for about eight years and mayor in 1957 and 1958. He had served on the Sunnyside Home board, the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce, the Waterloo and K-W and Suburban planning boards and the K-W Little Theatre. Mr. Paikin was also a member of the Beth Jacob Synagogue and the Waterloo Masonic Lodge.

In 1962, he was defeated when he carried the Liberal party banner for Waterloo North in the federal election.
Mr. Paikin, who lived at 243 ......


Kitchener-Waterloo Record 6 May 1969

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Ald. Harold Paikin To Leave Waterloo

Ald. Harold Paikin, Waterloo's first two-year-term mayor, will be leaving Waterloo some time next month.

Head of bottling operations at Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd., Waterloo, he is being transferred to Montreal where he will act in the same capacity at the larger Seagram distillery there.

Ald. Paikin, who headed the aldermanic polls in the last civic election in 1959, said he will "most regretfully" tender his resignation as alderman "some time before the end of March."

He has been an alderman for six years.

The council vacancy may be filled by Vernon Bauman, former mayor and former alderman, who placed ninth in the 1959 aldermanic race.


HAMILTON NATIVE

Ald. Paikin, who heads Waterloo Council's works committee, was elected the city's first two-year-term mavor in a four- man race in December, 1957. He was alderman for five years previous to his election as mayor and this year started his seventh term in that capacity.

A Hamilton native, he has been a resident of Waterloo for the past 16 years. He was emploved at the Montreal Seagram plant before coming to Waterloo.


Active in community affairs. he is a director of the Waterloo Lions Club and of the K-W Little Theatre and acts as council's representative on the Sunnyside Home for the Aged Board.

In addition, he is past chairman of the Twin City Brotherhood Week? and past chairman of the ???? in Waterloo

Ald. Paikin said he will always value and treasure the experiences, associations and friendships made during his stay in Waterloo.

"I can truthfully say of the associations made in Waterloo and Kitchener that Mrs. Paikin and myself and our family truly feel as if we had cast bread upon the waters and it came back cake," he said.

LOSS REGRETTED

Mayor Bauer, on hearing of Ald. Paikin's transfer, said, "we regret with all sincerity the loss of his counsel and guidance in our deliberations but we rejoice with him on his promotion and progress in his occupation.

"Ald. Paikin is held in high esteem by people in the Twin City area and particularly Waterloo, which was demonstrated by his triumphant two-year term as mayor and his outstanding lead in the aldermanic race in the last election.

"Harold has become a personal friend of mine and I shall personally miss his advice."

Kitchener-Waterloo Record Wed, Feb 22, 1961 Page 3

Harold — Sylvia Nachman. Sylvia was born 1924; died 30 Sep 1985, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Beth Jacob Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Frances Lynne Paikin was born 8 May 1950, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Dec 2003, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Beth Jacob Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Gary Philip Paikin was born 4 Jan 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Sep 1998, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Beth Jacob Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Caryl Paikin