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Demitro Wasyl "Dick" Michayluk (December 23, 1911 – January 2, 1990) was an educator and political figure in
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. He represented Redberry from 1960 to 1975 in the
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as a
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(CCF) and then New Democratic Party (NDP) member. He was born in
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, Saskatchewan, the son of Wasyl Michayluk and Dora Boytzun, both immigrants from western Ukraine, and grew up on the nearby family farm. Michayluk was educated in Krydor and at the Moose Jaw Normal School. He taught school for 37 years, mainly in the Blaine Lake area. In 1940, Michayluk married Mary Solodiuk. He was president of the Krydor
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and also served on the council for the village of Krydor. Michayluk retired to
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, later dying there at the age of 78.


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1911 births 1990 deaths Canadian people of Ukrainian descent People from Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs {{CCF-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub