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♂ William A. Kardash
aliasWilliam A. Kardash
Record
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Ukranian-Canadian   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 57%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 4 3 7
Birth 10 June 1912 → 111 years + 10 months ago
Lived 84 years + 7 months
First mandate 22 April 1941 → 83 years + 5 days ago
↳ at age 28 years + 10 months
Death 17 January 1997 → 27 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 38 years + 7 months after 15 June 1958
Special notes
None
 
William A. Kardash (1912–1997)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Mary Kardash (1913–1994) Spouse  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 17 1 20 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 21–22
LPP
 1 Party leader 30–36 01 Jan 1943 — 11 Dec 1948 5 11 10

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
37 documented challengers
⊖ Paul Bardal  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Ernest A. Brotman  m 
⊖ James Cowan  m 
⊖ John K. Downes  m 
⊖ Seymour J. Farmer  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Ben Hanuschak  m 
⊖ Madeline E. Hryniewiecki  f 
⊖ Huntly D.B. Ketchen  m 
⊖ John M. Kozoriz  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Morley S. Lougheed  m 
⊖ John S. McDiarmid  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John Queen  m 
⊖ Laurier A. Régnier  m 
⊖ Abraham L. (Abe) Simkin  m 
⊖ Charles R. Smith  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Lloyd C. Stinson  m 
⊖ Gunnar S. Thorvaldson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander Turk  m 
⊖ Joseph Zuken  m 
 		 ⊖ James A. Barry  m 
⊖ Frank L. Chester  m 
⊖ Harriet S. Dick  f 
⊖ Harrison Dysart  m 
⊖ Morris A. Gray  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ John M. Hawryluk  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ William Ivens  m 
⊖ Stanley H. Knowles  m 
⊖ Stephen N. Krawchyk  m 
⊖ Donald M. Malinowski  m 
⊖ Asta A. Oddson  f 
⊖ Jaroslaw (Slaw) Rebchuk  m 
⊖ William Scraba  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Simpkin  m 
⊖ Lewis St. George Stubbs  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Donovan Swailes  m 
⊖ William V. Tobias  m 
⊖ Frederick E. Warriner  m 
 
Eligible: 137,437 Votes: 59,715 Participation: 43.45% Candidacies: 27
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37477(F) — 24 Sep 2023 10:44 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
28
LPP
 7/27 4,889 8.33% +2,719 Loser:
CCF
 2,170 3.70% John Queen

Service: 4 years 5 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 155,824 Votes: 79,433 Participation: 50.98% Candidacies: 20
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
15 October 1945
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37528(F) — 4 Feb 2023 13:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
33
LPP
 9/20 4,014 5.05% +1,002 Loser:
PC
 3,012 3.79% Mark J. Long

Service: 4 years 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 46,649 Votes: 24,909 Participation: 53.40% Candidacies: 12
Provincial
23		 Manitoba
10 November 1949
General
Single trans. vote (4)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37533(F) — 9 Oct 2023 19:50 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LPP
 2/12 4,032 16.40% +2,228 Loser:
LIBP
 1,804 7.34% John M. Kozoriz

Service: 3 years 6 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 44,887 Votes: 22,116 Participation: 49.27% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
24		 Manitoba
8 June 1953
General
Single trans. vote (4)
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37627(F) — 23 Mar 2022 13:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LPP
 3/11 3,812 17.64% +2,017 Loser:
LIBP
 1,863 8.62% John M. Kozoriz

Service: 5 years 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,075 Votes: 5,476 Participation: 49.44% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37639(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
LPP
 2/4 1,207 22.39% -825 Winner:
CCF
 2,032 37.70% John M. Hawryluk
Eligible: 9,385 Votes: 4,352 Participation: 46.37% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13905(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
57
COMM
 4/4 421 9.81% -1,832 Winner:
NDP
 2,253 52.52% Donald M. Malinowski
Eligible: 10,269 Votes: 7,262 Participation: 70.72% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
30		 Manitoba
28 June 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9185(F) — 28 Dec 2021 00:12 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
61
COMM
 4/5 108 1.50% -5,169 Winner:
NDP
 5,277 73.26% Ben Hanuschak

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Kardash, William Arthur		 17 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Kardash, William Arthur		 17 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Arthur "Bill" Kardash (1912-1997)		 17 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bill Kardash		 17 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Bill Kardash		 17 Feb 2024

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