Nicholas Stryk

Nicholas John Stryk (December 17, 1896[1] in western Ukraine[2] – July 11, 1950[3]) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1941 to 1945, and again from 1949 until 1950.[1]

Stryk was born to John Stryk and Katherine Steslimb, an Austrian family living in western Ukraine, and came to Canada in 1899. He was educated in Manitoba, and worked as a school teacher in Ladywood for twenty-six years.[2] He was fluent in both English and Ukrainian. In 1921, he became a Notary Public[4] and Commissioner.

He sought election to the Canadian House of Commons in the federal election of 1935 as a Liberal-Progressive, but finished third in Springfield against official Liberal candidate John Mouat Turner.[5]

He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1941 provincial election, defeating CCF incumbent Herbert Sulkers[1] by almost one thousand votes in the constituency of St. Clements. He served as a government backbencher in the parliament which followed.

Stryk sought re-election in the 1945 provincial election, but lost to CCF candidate Wilbert Doneleyko[1] by 220 votes. Donelyko was later expelled from the CCF caucus for promoting anti-NATO views, and Stryk defeated him without difficulty in the 1949 election to return to the legislature.[1]

He again served as a government backbencher, and died in office the following year.[3] Stryk was in an ambulance on its way to Beausejour at the time of his death.[2] He had been married to Elizabeth Neyedly just two months earlier.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
  2. 1 2 3 "Nicholas John Stryk (1896-1950)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
  3. 1 2 "Voting Begun In Manitoba". Daily Star (Windsor). October 24, 1950. p. 17. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
  4. 1 2 Czuboka, Michael; Horodyski, Bill (1982). They stopped at a good place: a history of the Beausejour, Brokenhead, Garson and Tyndall area of Manitoba, 1875-1981. p. 1001. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
  5. ↑ "Springfield, Manitoba (1914 - 1966)". History of Federal Ridings since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
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