Norman Schneider

{{Short description|Canadian politician and businessman}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2013}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name=Norman Schneider

| birthname=Norman C. Schneider

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| imagesize=150px

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| birth_date={{birth date|df=yes|1888|12|09}}

| birth_place=Kitchener, Ontario

| death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|1985|8|26|1888|12|09}}

| death_place=Kitchener, Ontario

| spouse=

| residence=Kitchener, Ontario

| riding=Waterloo North

| predecessor=Louis Orville Breithaupt

| successor=Oscar William Weichel

| term_start=1952

| term_end=1958

| profession=food industry

| party=Liberal

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| religion=

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Norman Christoph Schneider (9 December 1888 – 26 August 1985) was a Canadian politician and businessman.

Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Norman Schneider was the son of John Metz Schneider, the founder of Schneider Foods, now a division of Maple Leaf Foods. He joined the family business in 1911 eventually becoming vice-president, president and chairman of the board before retiring in 1970.

In a 1952 by-election, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as Liberal candidate for the Ontario riding of Waterloo North. He was re-elected in 1953, beating out Progressive Conservation candidate Elizabeth Janzen.{{cite news |title=Waterloo North Liberals Send Schneider Back to Ottawa |url=https://images.ourontario.ca/waterloo/3546482/page/2?q=%22norman+c.+schneider%22&docid=OOI.3546482 |access-date=15 July 2021 |work=Waterloo Chronicle |date=14 August 1953 |location=Waterloo, Ontario |page=1 |language=en}} Schneider was elected again in 1957, but was defeated in 1958, marking the end of his political career.{{cite web |title=Norman C. Schneider, M.P. |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=3222 |website=lop.parl.ca |access-date=15 July 2021}}

Schneider was an aviation enthusiast and played an active role in the development of the Kitchener-Waterloo airport that opened in 1930 and the Waterloo-Wellington airport that opened in 1950.{{cite news |title=He's piloted aviation's flight through the decades in Kitchener |url=https://digital.library.uwaterloo.ca/uwdl-489cb732-5936-414e-bfc1-30f54b4b0056/kitchener-125-years#page/32/mode/1up/search/%22aviation%22 |access-date=27 November 2020 |work=The Record |date=21 June 1979 |page=32}}{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.waterlooairport.ca/en/about-ykf/history.aspx# |website=www.waterlooairport.ca |access-date=15 July 2021 |language=en |date=21 July 2020}}

He died in his home in Kitchener in 1985.{{cite news|title=Norman Schneider Former Liberal MP ran packing house|date=27 August 1985|work=The Globe and Mail}}