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About Michael Kawchuk
- Michael Kawchuk (born April 23, 1931, in Gilbert Plains, Manitoba) is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada.
- He was a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1966 to 1969, sitting as a member of the New Democratic Party.The son of Nicholas Kawchuk and Annie Baran, Kawchuk was educated at the Brandon Agricultural College and the University of Manitoba.
- He worked as a farmer, and became a director on the Pool Elevator Board and the Manitoba Farmer's Union.
- He also served as Secretary-Treasurer of his local school district.
- In 1957, he married Nettie Frykas.He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1966, defeating Liberal William Paziuk by 64 votes in the rural riding of Ethelbert Plains.
- He supported Edward Schreyer's bid to become party leader in 1968-69. Kawchuk lost to Progressive Conservative J.
- Wally McKenzie by 171 votes in the 1969 election, in the redistributed riding of Roblin.
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