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He was also a member of the Big City Mayors Caucus (Canada) from 1997 to 2014.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1945","date":"1945"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1041221#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Baden","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q798907"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1041221#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Canada","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1041221#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"accountant","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326653"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1041221#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Rockway Mennonite Collegiate","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7355654"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1041221#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"mayor (1997–2014)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30185","start":"1997","end":"2014"},{"text":"council member (1985–1994)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708492","start":"1985","end":"1994"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1041221#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Zehr","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1041221"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Carl Zehr born?","a":"Carl Zehr was born on 1945 in Baden."},{"q":"What positions has Carl Zehr held?","a":"Positions held by Carl Zehr include: mayor (1997–2014); council member (1985–1994)."},{"q":"Where did Carl Zehr study?","a":"Carl Zehr was educated at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate."}],"related":[{"name":"Andrew Johnson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrew-johnson"},{"name":"Ehud Olmert","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ehud-olmert"},{"name":"Hussein Khalidi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hussein-khalidi"},{"name":"Ekrem İmamoğlu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ekrem-imamoglu"},{"name":"Nir Barkat","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nir-barkat"},{"name":"Bill Haslam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-haslam"},{"name":"Joe Biden","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/joe-biden"},{"name":"Lincoln Chafee","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lincoln-chafee"},{"name":"Jorge Azcón","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jorge-azcon"},{"name":"Amandus Augustus Abendroth","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/amandus-augustus-abendroth"},{"name":"Bruno von Warendorp","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bruno-von-warendorp"},{"name":"Michael Theurer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/michael-theurer"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/carl-zehr-a1f5f0d1a5.jpg","width":500,"height":554,"license":"CC BY-SA 2.0","credit":"Leigh.Sellner from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Canada","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carl_Zehr_2010.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Carl Zehr","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Zehr","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1041221","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1041221","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Carl Zehr 2010.jpg by Leigh.Sellner from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carl_Zehr_2010.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Carl Zehr, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Carl Zehr 2010.jpg — Leigh.Sellner from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0.","cite":"\"Carl Zehr\". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/carl-zehr. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-04T07:56:30Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-15","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/carl-zehr","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/carl-zehr","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/carl-zehr?lang=ne"}}