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About Joseph Wawrykow
- Joseph Wawrykow (April 25, 1908 – November 2, 1979) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
- He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1936 to 1945.Wawrykow was born in Gimli, Manitoba to George Wawrykow and Marthe Grabowski, a Ukrainian immigrant family.
- He received a B.S.A.
- from the University of Manitoba, and worked as a teacher and farmer.
- In 1943, Wawrykow married Ann Kaschak.He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1936 provincial election.
- Running as a candidate of the Independent Labour Party-Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (ILP-CCF), he defeated Liberal-Progressive candidate B.J.
- Lifman by 261 votes.
- After the election, his party was usually referred to as simply the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). In 1940, the CCF entered into a coalition government with three other parties in the legislature.
- This decision was opposed by supporters of the party, and the CCF performed poorly in the 1941 provincial election.
- Wawrykow was the only CCF candidate elected outside of Winnipeg, defeating Liberal-Progressive candidate S.T.
- Sigurdson by 555 votes.
- He did not run for re-election in 1945.
- After leaving politics, Wawrykow worked for the United Grain Growers.He died in Winnipeg at the age of 71.
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