William Daum Euler
William Daum Euler, was a Canadian parliamentarian.
Born in Conestogo, Ontario, the son of Henry Euler and Catherine Daum, he attended Berlin High School between the years of 1891 and 1893. He then taught in Suddaby Public School and later founded the Euler Business College. Euler married Jean Howd. He was mayor of Berlin, Ontario from 1914 to 1917. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1917 representing the riding of Waterloo North, Ontario. A Liberal, he held three cabinet positions: Minister of Customs and Excise, Minister of National Revenue, and Minister of Trade and Commerce. He served until 1940, when he was appointed to the Senate representing the senatorial division of Waterloo, Ontario. He died in office in 1961 in Kitchener. He is buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener, Ontario.
As Senator, he waged the campaign to eliminate the ban on margarine in Canada.
In 1961 he became the first Chancellor of Waterloo Lutheran University.
