Background
He was born in Spring Hill, Minnesota, the son of John Loehr and Katherine Spanier.
He was born in Spring Hill, Minnesota, the son of John Loehr and Katherine Spanier.
He represented Humboldt from 1948 to 1952 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. His father, John, was born in Saint Joseph, Minnesota in 1855. The Loehr family filed a homestead in Canada in 1904 in the new settlement of Saint Peter"s Colony.
The community would later be incorporated as the village of Muenster, Saskatchewan in 1908.
In 1909, Arnold married Agnes Heinen. He was defeated by Cleveland Clinic Foundation candidate Joseph William Burton when he ran for reelection in 1952.
He served as reeve for the rural municipality of Humboldt from 1931 to 1939 and as a member of the local school board from 1917 to 1942. Loehr was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (Modern Language Association) in the Eleventh Legislature from June 24, 1948 to May 7, 1952.