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♂ Nick William Dushenski
aliasNick Dushenski
Record
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Ukrainian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 1 3
Birth 4 September 1920 → 103 years + 8 months ago
Lived 88 years + 6 months
First mandate 5 August 1952 → 71 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 11 months
Death 13 March 2009 → 15 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 49 years + 8 months after 17 June 1959
Special notes
None
 
Nick William Dushenski (1920–2009)
© 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 6 10 10 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 13
CCF
 1 ✓ Party leader 34–36 01 Jul 1955 — 28 Jun 1957 1 11 27

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Nicholas Melnyk  m 
 		 ⊖ William Tomyn  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 5,638 Votes: 4,093 Participation: 72.60% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Alberta
17 August 1948
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27997(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
27
CCF
 2/2 1,861 46.85% -250 Winner:
SC
 2,111 53.15% William Tomyn
Eligible: 5,776 Votes: 4,337 Participation: 75.09% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
12		 Alberta
5 August 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28048(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
31
CCF
 1/3 1,760 42.55% +44 Loser:
SC
 1,716 41.49% William Tomyn

Service: 2 years 10 months 23 days (Oppo.)
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
CCF
 1/3 1,729 42.53% +149 Loser:
SC
 1,580 38.87% Nicholas A. Melnyk

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Oppo.)
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
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
38		 Successor:
SC
 2,421 63.64% Nicholas A. Melnyk

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Nick W. Dushenski		  4 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Nick Dushenski		  4 May 2024

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