Louis Orville Breithaupt (28 October 1890 – 6 December 1960)[1] served as the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada, from 1952 to 1957.
[2] Born in Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario,[2] the son of Emma Alvarine (Devitt) and Louis Jacob Breithaupt,[3] he was educated at the University of Toronto.
He was a Kitchener alderman for four years, and in 1923 became the youngest mayor in the city's history.
[4] Breithaupt was active in many service organizations, such as the YMCA and Rotary Club.
[5] He was buried along with the rest of his family at Kitchener's Mount Hope Cemetery.