Nicholas John Stryk was a politician in Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

, Canada

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...

 as a Liberal-Progressive

Manitoba Liberal Party

The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :...

 from 1941 to 1945, and again from 1949 until 1950.

Stryk was born to an Austria

Austria

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n family living in western Ukraine, and came to Canada in 1899. He was educated in Manitoba, and worked as a school teacher for twenty-six years. In 1921, he became a Notary Public and Commissioner.

He sought election to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 in the federal election of 1935

Canadian federal election, 1935

The Canadian federal election of 1935 was held on October 14, 1935 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 18th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal Party of William Lyon Mackenzie King won a majority government, defeating Prime Minister R.B. Bennett's Conservative Party.The central...

 as a Liberal-Progressive, but finished third in Springfield

Springfield (electoral district)

Springfield was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1968.This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Selkirk riding....

 against official Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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 candidate John Mouat Turner

John Mouat Turner

John Mouat Turner was a Canadian politician.He was born in Beausejour, Manitoba and sold brewery products for a living and also worked as a hotel manager in Winnipeg. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1935 federal election representing the Manitoba riding of Springfield...

.

He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1941 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1941

Manitoba's general election of April 22, 1941 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.This election was held shortly after the formation of a coalition government in December 1940...

, defeating CCF incumbent Herbert Sulkers

Herbert Sulkers

Herbert Sulkers was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1936 to 1941, as a representative of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation ....

 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

Manitoba general election, 1945

Manitoba's general election of October 15, 1945 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.The 1945 provincial election was extremely different from the previous election, which was held in 1941...

, but lost to CCF candidate Wilbert Doneleyko

Wilbert Doneleyko

Wilbert Doneleyko is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. Born in Rossburn, Manitoba, he served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1945 to 1949.-References:...

 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

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...

to return to the legislature.

He again served as a government backbencher, and died the following year.