Bernard Leo Korchinski (December 25, 1905 – October 13, 2006) was an educator and political figure in

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. He represented Redberry from 1948 to 1952 and from 1956 to 1960 in the

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as a Liberal. He was born in Beaver Hills, Saskatchewan, the son of Lev Korchinski and Pauline Hryciw, both Ukrainian immigrants. Korchinski was educated at St. Joseph's College in

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. He taught school for 39 years in various locations including

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, Hafford,

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, Speers and Regina. He served in the

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during

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. Korchinski was provincial director of the Emergency Measures Organization and served as a judge for the Saskatchewan Citizenship Court. He was a member of the

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and a founding member of the

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and the Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhoo

Korchinski wrote articles for the ''Ukrainski Visti'' () newspaper in

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and authored the book ''Pioneer Bishop'' about Nykyta Budka. He married Slawka Marak. Korchinski was defeated by

Dmytro Zipchen Dmytro Zipchen (August 10, 1905 – June 25, 1996) was a Ukrainian-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Redberry from 1952 to 1956 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federa ...

of the CCF when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1952. Korchinski defeated Zipchen in the 1956 provincial election, but was defeated by Dick Michayluk of the CCF in the 1960 election. He was awarded the Centennial Medal by the

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in 2005. Korchinski died the following year in Regina at the age of 100.

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* 1905 births 2006 deaths Canadian men centenarians Canadian people of Ukrainian descent Canadian members of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Canadian military personnel of World War II 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs {{Liberal-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub