William Lisowsky was a politician in Manitoba

Manitoba

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, 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 1936 to 1941, as a representative of the Social Credit League

Manitoba Social Credit Party

The Manitoba Social Credit Party was a political party in the Canadian province of Manitoba. In its early years, it espoused the monetary reform theories of social credit....

.

Lisowsky was born in Kaney, Ukraine

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, and came to Canada in 1910. He was educated in Brandon

Brandon, Manitoba

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 and Winnipeg, and worked as a public school teacher.

He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1936 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1936

Manitoba's general election of July 27, 1936 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.The was the second election in Manitoba after the formation of a Liberal-Progressive alliance in 1932...

, defeating Liberal-Progressive

Manitoba Liberal Party

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 incumbent Nicholas Hryhorczuk

Nicholas Hryhorczuk

Nicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1936, and again from 1941 to 1945....

 by 226 votes. Voters elected only five Social Credit party five candidates in this election, but it played a significant role in the subsequent parliament by supporting John Bracken

John Bracken

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's minority Liberal-Progressive government.

Social Credit formally joined an all-party coalition government

Coalition government

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 in 1940. This decision split the party, and many Social Credit candidates in the 1941 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...

campaigned against the coalition. Lisowsky was the only member of his party caucus not to seek re-election.