William Lucko was a politician in Manitoba, Canada

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. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

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 as a Liberal-Progressive

Manitoba Liberal Party

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 from 1949 to 1959.

Born to a Ukrainian-Canadian family in Hazelglen, Manitoba

Manitoba

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, Lucko worked as a general merchant in Hazelglen. He served as the community's school secretary and postmaster.

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

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...

, winning an easy victory in the constituency of Springfield. He was re-elected in the 1953 election

Manitoba general election, 1953

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, and served as a backbench supporter of Douglas Campbell

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's government.

The Liberal-Progressives lost power in 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...

, although Lucko was re-elected by 82 votes over his Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

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 opponent, O. Russell. In the 1959 election

Manitoba general election, 1959

Manitoba's general election of May 14, 1959 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a majority victory for the Progressive Conservative Party under the leadership of Dufferin Roblin...

, he lost his seat to Progressive Conservative Fred Klym

Fred Klym

Fred Theodore Klym was a politician in Manitoba, Canada...

 by 371 votes.

Lucko attempted to return to the legislature in the provincial elections of 1962

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...

 and 1966

Manitoba general election, 1966

The Manitoba general election held on June 23, 1966, was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a third consecutive majority win for the Progressive Conservative Party led by Dufferin Roblin...

, but lost to Fred Klym on both occasions. In 1966, he fell to a third-place finish.

Source

• Marunchak, Mykhaĭlo H. The Ukrainian Canadians: a history, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences (UVAN) in Canada, 1982, p. 685
• Normandin, Pierre G. The Canadian parliamentary guide, P.G. Normandin, 1956 p. 515
• William Lucko's profile at the International Genealogy Index