president of the Ottawa Trades and Labour Council, president of Mooretown Housing Inc. and as public relations director and then research director of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada. Upon the creation of the Canadian Labour Congress in 1956, he became the new body's legislative director. Wismer was expelled by the Ottawa Labour Council and resigned from his position with the CLC due to a spending and conflict of interest scandal related to Wismer's role at Mooretown Housing, a labour council owned housing development. In 1957, Wismer was appointed head of organizing for the National Defence Employees Association. He died in Winchester General Hospital at the age of 69. References External links 1909 births 1978 deaths Trade unionists from Ontario Ontario Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPPs 20th-century Canadian politicians Trades and Labor Congress of Canada people People from the Regional Municipality of Niagara