Enoch Winkler

Enoch Winkler (January 2, 1852 – November 1, 1928[1]) was a farmer, merchant and political figure in Manitoba.

Winkler came west in 1874,[1] working as a translator for a group of Plautdietsch speaking Mennonites emigrating to Manitoba.

Winkler was reeve for the Rural Municipality of Rhineland and served as mayor of Gretna from 1898 to 1899 and in 1901.

[4] Winkler moved to California around 1908 but returned to Winnipeg a year and a half later.

[1] Winkler's former home in Gretna has been designated as a Municipal Heritage Site by the province of Manitoba.