Career
He represented Perth South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1914 to 1919. He was born in Logan Township, Canada West, the son of Ludwig Bennewies, a German immigrant. Bennewies served as reeve for McKillop and Logan townships.
He was president of the Dublin Telephone Company.
Bennewies died at his home in Brodhagen, Ontario in 1943, a year after retiring from the telephone service. He was buried there at Saint Peters Lutheran Cemetery.
