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About John Hnatyshyn
- John Hnatyshyn (Ukrainian: ???´? ????´?????? ?????´???, Ivan Mykhaylovych Hnatyshyn; January 20, 1907, Vashkivtsi,– May 2, 1967) was a Canadian lawyer, Senator and father of Ray Hnatyshyn, the twenty-fourth Governor General of Canada. Born in the mostly Ukrainian northern part of the Austro-Hungarian Duchy of Bukovina, the son of Michael and Anna Hnatyshyn, he came to Canada when he was two months old.
- Raised on a farm near Canora, Saskatchewan, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1930 and a Bachelor of Law degree in 1932 from the University of Saskatchewan.
- He was called to the Saskatchewan bar in 1933 and practised law in Saskatoon.
- In 1935, 1940, and 1945, he tried unsuccessfully to get elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Progressive Conservative for the riding (electoral district) of Yorkton.
- He also ran unsuccessfully for the provincial Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Progressive Conservative for Saskatoon City in 1952.
- He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1957. In 1959, he was appointed by John Diefenbaker to the Senate representing the senatorial division of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
- He died in office in 1967. He married Helen Pitts in 1931 and had four children: Ramon John (Ray), Victor, David and Elizabeth.
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