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♂ William Valentine Yacula
aliasVal Yacula
Record
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Ukranian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 23 November 1907 → 116 years + 5 months ago
Lived 50 years + 10 months
First mandate 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 29 days ago
↳ at age 50 years + 4 months
Death 24 September 1958 → 65 years + 7 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
William Valentine (Val) Yacula (1907–1958)
© Photo 1958 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Whitemouth, Manitoba (1936–1942)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 0 5 24

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ John W. Gross  m 
⊖ Anton B. Weselak  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Jacob Schulz  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 21,326 Votes: 15,811 Participation: 74.14% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 Manitoba
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24001(F) — 14 Apr 2024 12:47 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
49
PC
 4/4 1,684 10.76% -4,265 Winner:
CCF
 5,949 38.03% Jacob Schulz
Eligible: 21,326 Votes: 16,623 Participation: 77.95% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Manitoba
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24267(F) — 14 Apr 2024 12:47 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
50
PC
 1/4 7,045 42.38% +2,083 Loser:
CCF
 4,962 29.85% Jacob Schulz
After his election:
24 Sep 1958 50
PC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,326 Votes: 11,451 Participation: 53.70% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Manitoba
15 December 1958
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24485(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
50		 Successor:
PC
 4,248 37.10% Joseph Slogan

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William Valentine "Val" Yacula		 14 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Val Yacula (c1908-1958)		 14 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Val Yacula		 14 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Val Yacula		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Val Yacula		 14 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Apr 2024 12:51 (but data presented dynamically)

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