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♂ Bill Wasyl Diachuk
aliasBill Diachuk
Record
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Ukrainian-Canadian     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
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Alberta 4 1 5
Birth 8 October 1929 → 94 years + 7 months ago
Lived 85 years
First mandate 30 August 1971 → 52 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 10 months
Death 17 October 2014 → 9 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 5 months after 7 May 1986
Special notes
None
 
Bill Wasyl Diachuk (1929–2014)
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Family tie with other documented individual
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Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

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Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 14 8 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Barrie Chivers  m 
⊖ Lou Heard  m 
 		 ⊖ Eddie Ewasiuk  m 
 
Eligible: 15,591 Votes: 10,535 Participation: 67.57% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13058(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
41
PC
 1/4 4,471 42.68% +1,421 Loser:
SC
 3,050 29.12% Louis W. Heard

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,882 Votes: 8,164 Participation: 48.36% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12983(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
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 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PC
 1/5 5,046 61.94% +3,144 Loser:
NDP
 1,902 23.35% William Kobluk

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,741 Votes: 7,468 Participation: 54.35% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12904(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
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 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/4 3,756 50.53% +1,164 Loser:
NDP
 2,592 34.87% Gene Mitchell

Service: 3 years 7 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,759 Votes: 13,648 Participation: 62.72% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Alberta
2 November 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12824(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/4 6,894 50.62% +1,256 Loser:
NDP
 5,638 41.40% Winston Gereluk

Service: 3 years 6 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 24,854 Votes: 11,420 Participation: 45.95% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Alberta
8 May 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12741(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
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 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
PC
 2/3 3,917 34.36% -2,782 Winner:
NDP
 6,699 58.76% Edward W. Ewasiuk

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Bill W. Diachuk		  5 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bill Diachuk		  5 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 May 2024 02:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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