Edwin Laurence Tchorzewski (April 22, 1943 – June 6, 2008) was a

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politician, former

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and member of the Legislative Assembly for 25 years. As a member of the

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, he was MLA from the Humboldt electoral district from 1971 to 1982. He later represented Regina Northeast from 1985 to 1991, and

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from 1991 to 1999. Tchorzewski was born in Alvena, Saskatchewan and was educated in Hudson Bay and at the

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. He taught school in

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. In 1966, he married Shirley Stasiuk. Tchorzewski served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Finance, as Provincial Secretary, as Minister of Education and as Minister of Municipal Government. In 1997, he became president of the federal NDP. He resigned his seat in the Saskatchewan assembly in 1999 to become chief of staff for

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. Tchorzewski became special adviser to Lorne Calvert in 2002. In 2006, he became secretary for the provincial NDP. Tchorzewski died in Regina at the age of 65.

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* 1943 births 2008 deaths Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs Deaths from cancer in Saskatchewan Politicians from Regina, Saskatchewan Presidents of the New Democratic Party of Canada Ministers of finance of Saskatchewan Members of the Executive Council of Saskatchewan Canadian people of Polish descent 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{NDP-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub