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About Steve Derewianchuk
- Steve Derewianchuk (born May 5, 1935) is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada.
- He served as a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1977, representing Emerson.He played baseball as a catcher with the Vita Cubs, Tolstoi Jets, Winkler Royals and Rossburn.
- After he retired from baseball, he continued to play slow pitch and was a member of the winning Manitoba Fastball provincial champion team in the age 65+ category in 2000.
- Derewianchuk was named to the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.In the provincial election of 1973, he defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Garnet Kyle by 437 votes; a strong showing by Liberal Mark Smerchanski may have split the centre-right vote, and contributed to Derewianchuk's victory. Derewianchuk was the first, and to date the only, candidate of the NDP to be elected in the rural, southeastern riding of Emerson.
- He does not appear to have played a major role in the legislature.
- His time in office was short-lived, as he was defeated by Tory candidate Albert Driedger in the 1977 election.
- He has not sought a return to provincial politics since this time.
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