Joseph Wawrykow (April 25, 1908 – November 2, 1979) was a politician in

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. He served in the

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from 1936 to 1945. Wawrykow was born in

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to George Wawrykow and Marthe Grabowski, a Ukrainian immigrant family. He received a B.S.A. from the

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, and worked as a teacher and farmer. In 1943, Wawrykow married Ann Kaschak. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1936 provincial election. Running as a candidate of the

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(ILP-CCF), he defeated Liberal-Progressive candidate B.J. Lifman by 261 votes. After the election, his party was usually referred to as simply the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). In 1940, the CCF entered into a

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with three other parties in the legislature. This decision was opposed by supporters of the party, and the CCF performed poorly in the 1941 provincial election. Wawrykow was the only CCF candidate elected outside of

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, defeating Liberal-Progressive candidate S.T. Sigurdson by 555 votes. He did not run for re-election in 1945. After leaving politics, Wawrykow worked for the United Grain Growers. He died in Winnipeg at the age of 71.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wawrykow, Joseph 1908 births 1979 deaths Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba Canadian people of Ukrainian descent People from Gimli, Manitoba Canadian socialists