Mayor Harold Paikin

1922 - 1969  (46 years)

• Name	Harold Paikin
  Prefix	Mayor
  Born	29 Jun 1922	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  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
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-258466
  Died	6 May 1969	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Beth Jacob Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I258466	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	Sylvia Nachman,   b. 1924,   d. 30 Sep 1985, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Children	1. Frances Lynne Paikin,   b. 8 May 1950, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Dec 2003, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)   2. Gary Philip Paikin,   b. 4 Jan 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Sep 1998, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 45 years)   3. Caryl Paikin
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F63949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  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 _____________ 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

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Jun 1922 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Waterloo City councillor - 1953 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Waterloo City Mayor - 1958 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Waterloo City councillor - 1960 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Waterloo City councillor - 1964 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Waterloo City councillor - 1966 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 6 May 1969 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth