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♂ Nicholas A. Melnyk
aliasNicholas Melnyk
Record
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Ukrainian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 1 4
Birth 22 May 1912 → 111 years + 11 months ago
Lived 61 years + 5 months
First mandate 18 June 1959 → 64 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 47 years
Death 10 November 1973 → 50 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 2 months after 29 August 1971
Special notes
None
 
Nicholas A. Melnyk (1912–1973)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 12 2 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Nick Dushenski  m 
 
 
Eligible: 5,654 Votes: 4,268 Participation: 75.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28101(F) — 7 Mar 2022 12:58 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
43
SC
 2/3 1,580 38.87% -149 Winner:
CCF
 1,729 42.53% Nick W. Dushenski
Eligible: 5,111 Votes: 3,835 Participation: 75.03% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28154(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
SC
 1/3 2,421 63.64% +1,430 Loser:
PC
 991 26.05% Alex Hushlak

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,009 Votes: 4,095 Participation: 68.15% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
15		 Alberta
17 June 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28239(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
SC
 1/4 2,315 56.64% +1,322 Loser:
PC
 993 24.30% Walter Witwicky

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,417 Votes: 3,470 Participation: 64.06% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13181(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
SC
 1/2 2,160 62.46% +862 Loser:
NDP
 1,298 37.54% Louis Souter

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,920 Votes: 6,551 Participation: 73.44% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13091(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
PC
 3,277 50.29% George Topolnisky

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Nicholas A. Melnyk		  4 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Nicholas Melnyk		  4 May 2024

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