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Ralph Holley Keefler
Born(1902-09-12)September 12, 1902
Weston, Ontario
DiedSeptember 17, 1983(1983-09-17) (aged 81)
Ireland
Years of service1940–1945
RankMajor General
Commands6th Canadian Infantry Brigade
3rd Canadian Infantry Division
AwardsOrder of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Other workPresident of Northern Electric

Major General Ralph Holley Keefler, CBE DSO ED (September 12, 1902 – September 17, 1983) was a Canadian soldier and businessman. He was commander of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division during the final stages of World War II and was chairman and president of Northern Electric (now Nortel Networks).

Senior commanders of the First Canadian Army, May 1945. Seated from the left: Stanisław Maczek (Polish Army), Guy Simonds, Harry Crerar, Charles Foulkes, Bert Hoffmeister. Standing from the left: Ralph Keefler, Bruce Matthews, Harry Foster, Robert Moncel (standing in for Chris Vokes), Stuart Rawlins (British Army).

Born in Weston, Ontario, the son of Joseph Keefler and Margaret Isabel Holley, he received a B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto in 1924 and later joined the Bell Telephone Company. During World War II, he was the Major-General in command of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division.

After the war, he became chairman and president of Northern Electric. In 1965 he was president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

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  1. "No. 36961". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 February 1945. p. 1185.
  2. "The Montreal Gazette". September 21, 1983. p. 84.
Military offices
Preceded byDaniel Spry GOC 3rd Canadian Infantry Division
1945 		Succeeded byPost disbanded
Business positions
Preceded byPaul Fleetford Sise President of the
Northern Electric Company
1948 –1964 		Succeeded byVernon Oswald Marquez


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