John Gottfried
Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English
John Charles Gottfried (October 13, 1917<ref name="members"/> in Welland, Ontario<ref name="hansard"/> – July 28, 1980) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1977.<ref name="members">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The son of Anthony Gottfried and Lena Hoffman,<ref name="pgn">Template:Cite book</ref> Gottfried came to Winnipeg at a young age with his family; they later moved to Gimli. He was educated at the University of Manitoba, and worked as a teacher for 25 years.<ref name="hansard">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Gottfried married Fjola Josephine Johnson in 1942. From 1946 to 1955, he served as President of the Manitoba Teachers' Society in Gimli.<ref name="pgn"/>
He wrote his thesis A history of education in the Evergreen School Division as part of the requirements for an MEd degree in 1965.<ref>Template:Cite thesis</ref>
He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1969 provincial election,<ref name="members"/> defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Eric Stefanson Sr. by 223 votes.<ref name="votes">Template:Cite news</ref> In the 1973 election, he was returned<ref name="members"/> over PC candidate Ted Revel by 56 votes.<ref name="votes"/> During his time in parliament, he was a backbench supporter of Edward Schreyer's government. Shreyer and Gottfried were, in fact, cousins.<ref name="hansard"/>
He did not seek re-election in 1977, and did not return to provincial politics thereafter.<ref name="members"/>
Gottfried died in Winnipeg at the age of 62.<ref name="mhs">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>