Background
He was born in Morden, Manitoba and became a farmer by career.
He was born in Morden, Manitoba and became a farmer by career.
Winkler graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Arts in 1912, and a Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture in 1916.
He was first elected to Parliament at the Lisgar riding in the 1935 general election and re-elected there in 1940, 1945 and 1949. Winkler left the House of Commons after completing his fourth and final term of federal office and did not seek re-election in the 1953 election. Winkler died in the United States in 1970 at Mesa, Arizona.
He also served in the military as a member of the 11th Canadian Field Ambulance unit in World War I with some duties in France. His father, Valentine Winkler, was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba who was provincial Minister of Agriculture from 1915 to 1920.
