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♂ Mark Gerald Smerchanski
aliasMark Smerchanski
Record
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Ukranian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Manitoba 1 2 3
Total 2 3 5
Birth 1 November 1914 → 109 years + 5 months ago
Lived 74 years + 10 months
First mandate 14 December 1962 → 61 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 1 month
Death 21 September 1989 → 34 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 10 months after 29 October 1972
Special notes
None
 
Mark Gerald Smerchanski (1914–1989)
© Photo University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections via the Manitoba Historical Society — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 4 4
Manitoba 3 6 7 Z
TOTAL 7 10 12

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Andrew Bileski  m 
⊕ Arthur J. (Jake) Epp  m 
⊖ John M. Hawryluk  m 
⊖ Lorne A. Reznowski  m 
 		 ⊕ Steve Derewianchuk  m 
⊕ Ben Hanuschak  m 
⊖ Warner H. Jorgenson  m 
 
Eligible: 10,017 Votes: 4,670 Participation: 46.62% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Manitoba
14 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37758(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
LIB
 1/4 1,791 39.30% +289 Loser:
NDP
 1,502 32.96% John M. Hawryluk

Service: 3 years 6 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,590 Votes: 5,296 Participation: 55.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
23 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13826(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
LIB
 2/3 1,487 28.58% -928 Winner:
NDP
 2,415 46.42% Ben Hanuschak
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,663 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Manitoba
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9918(F) — 24 Sep 2023 09:40 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
53
LIB
 1/4 9,021 41.64% +1,230 Loser:
PC
 7,791 35.96% Warner H. Jorgenson

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 36,142 Votes: 24,839 Participation: 68.73% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Manitoba
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10176(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
LIB
 2/4 6,489 26.12% -4,773 Winner:
PC
 11,262 45.34% Arthur J. (Jake) Epp
Eligible: 8,255 Votes: 6,191 Participation: 75.00% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Manitoba
28 June 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9191(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
58
LIB
 3/4 1,768 28.69% -606 Winner:
NDP
 2,374 38.53% Steve Derewianchuk

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Smerchanski, Mark G.		 20 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Smerchanski, Mark G.		 20 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Mark Gerald Smerchanski (1914-1989)		 20 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mark G. Smerchanski, M.P.		 20 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Mark G. Smerchanski, député		 20 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Mark Smerchanski		 20 Apr 2024

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