Stanley Nicholas Ruzycki (December 31, 1915 – October 15, 2004) was a politician from

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. He served in the

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from 1955 to 1959 as one of two members of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation caucus.

Political career

Ruzycki first ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in the 1952 general election as a Co-operative Commonwealth candidate in the electoral district of Vegreville. He was defeated on the second count by incumbent

Michael Ponich Michael Herbert Ponich (November 20, 1905 – December 3, 1957) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1944 to 1955, sitting with the Social Credit caucus in gove ...

. Ruzycki faced Ponich again in the 1955 general election; this time Ruzycki defeated Ponich on the second count to pick up the seat for his party. In the 1959 general election he was defeated by Social Credit candidate Alex Gordey.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members ListingMention of Stanley Ruzycki's death
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruzycki, Stanley 1915 births 2004 deaths Alberta Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 20th-century Canadian politicians People from Lamont County Canadian people of Ukrainian descent Canadian socialists of Ukrainian descent Canadian socialists