John Martin Hawryluk was a politician in Manitoba, Canada

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. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the lieutenant governor form the Legislature of Manitoba, the legislature of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly in provincial general elections, all in single-member constituencies with first-past-the-post...

 from 1949 to 1962, initially for the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and later for its successor party, the NDP

New Democratic Party of Manitoba

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Hawryluk was educated at the University of Manitoba

University of Manitoba

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, from which he received Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Science

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, Bachelor of Education

Bachelor of Education

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 and Master of Education

Master of Education

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 degrees. He served as a teacher and vice principal at Prince Edward School and later as the school principal of {old}Polson School, Melrose Junior High and Munroe Junior High in East Kildonan

East Kildonan, Manitoba

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 retiring from Munroe Junior High in 1974. He was also president of the Winnipeg Ukrainian and Professional Business Men's Club, and the Manitoba Teachers' Society.

He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1949 election

Manitoba general election, 1949

Manitoba's general election of November 10, 1949 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.This election pitted the province's coalition government, made up of the Liberal-Progressive Party and the Progressive Conservative Party, against a variety of...

, in the four-member riding of Winnipeg North. Hawryluk finished fourth on the first ballot, and was declared elected on the eighth count. He was re-elected in the 1953 election

Manitoba general election, 1953

Manitoba's general election of June 8, 1953 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. This was the first election held in Manitoba after the breakup of a ten-year coalition government led by the Liberal-Progressives and Progressive Conservatives...

, this time finishing third on the first count.

Winnipeg switched to single-member constituencies for the 1958 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1958

Manitoba's general election of June 16, 1958 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.This election was the first to be held in Manitoba after a comprehensive electoral redistribution in 1956...

, and Hawryluk was re-elected in the newly-created constituency of Burrows. He defeated William Kardash, the last Communist to serve in the Manitoba legislature, by 825 votes.

Hawryluk was re-elected in the 1959 election

Manitoba general election, 1959

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, and was part of the CCF's transition to the New Democratic Party in 1961. He lost his seat in the 1962 election

Manitoba general election, 1962

Manitoba's general election of December 16, 1962 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a second majority victory for the Progressive Conservative Party under the leadership of Dufferin Roblin...

 to Mark Smerchanski

Mark Smerchanski

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, a Liberal Party

Manitoba Liberal Party

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 organizer who was also a prominent member of Winnipeg's Ukrainian community. Hawryluk was known as a supporter of education rights during his time in the legislature.