Joseph Ignatino Meinzinger

Joseph Ignatino Meinzinger (February 18, 1892 – June 3, 1962) was an Ontario insurance salesman and political figure. He represented Waterloo North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1945 to 1948 as a Liberal-Labour member.

He was born in Berlin, Ontario (later Kitchener), the son of Ignatius Meinzinger. In 1918, he married Lillian Hummel. Meinzinger owned a boxing club in the city and served six years as mayor of Kitchener. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He died on June 3, 1962, and was buried on June 6, 1962, at Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener.^[1]