Hugo Kranz

Hugo Carl Kranz (13June 18341June 1902) was a German-born businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Waterloo North in the House of Commons of Canada from 1878 to 1887 as a Conservative member.

Biography Kranz was born on 13 June 1834 at Lehrbach in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and came to the United States with his father in 1851. After four years, the father and son moved to Berlin, Ontario (later known as Kitchener). His father opened a general store there in partnership with Henry Stroh. Hugo became involved in running the store and took over its operations in 1875 after his father's death. It was advertised in an 1884 municipal directory as C. Kranz & Son. In 1865, he married Catherine Seip. Kranz served as town clerk (1859 to 1867), reeve (1869 to 1870) and mayor (1874 to 1878) of Berlin. He is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener.