Louis John Wienholt (1918–1973) was a senior Australian public servant, including as Secretary of the Department of Social Security in 1973.
[4] The doctors who performed Hilda's autopsy were unable to determine the cause of her death.
[7] He was promoted to Senior Medical Officer, grade 2, third division in 1957.
[3] During his time as head of social security, Wienholt organized for his desk clerks to attend two-week courses in the slums of Melbourne and Sydney to "sensitise" them to the problems of departmental clients.
[9] Wienholt retired due to ill health early into his term at the Department of Social Security,[10] he had suffered a heart attack in April 1973.