Career
He served as mayor of Kitchener from 1911 to 1912. Schmalz"s parents came to Ontario from Hesse in 1854. In 1878, he joined the Economical Mutual Fire Insurance Company as a policy writer
In 1908, he became managing director
Schmalz worked for the company until 1933. Schmalz served 18 years on the hospital board, including three as president
With West.J. Morris, he managed the Berliner Journal. He was one of the foremost Canadian philatelists of his time, owning 45,000 stamps.
Schmalz was a singer in a number of choirs and played cornet in the Berlin orchestra.
