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Michael Senych (September 24, 1926 - March 27, 2002) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1963 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit Party.

Alberta Province of Canada

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Single house of Legislature of Alberta

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Early life

Michael Senych was born in Corbin, British Columbia. He attended the University of Alberta and worked twenty-six years as a teacher before entering provincial politics.

Corbin is a ghost town in British Columbia, Canada. It was a coal mining community located at the foot of Coal Mountain, south of the Crowsnest Pass in the southern Canadian Rockies.

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The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president. Its enabling legislation is the Post-secondary Learning Act. The university is considered a “Comprehensive academic and research university” (CARU), which means that it offers a range of academic and professional programs, which generally lead to undergraduate and graduate level credentials, and have a strong research focus.

Political career

Senych was elected to the Alberta legislature in the district of Redwater in the 1963 general election. [1] He ran for and won a second term in 1967 [2] He ran for a third term in office in the new electoral district of Redwater-Andrew in the 1971 general election; he was defeated by George Topolnisky of the Progressive Conservative Party. [3]

Redwater was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada from 1940 until 1971 and again from 1993 until 2004.

1963 Alberta general election

The 1963 Alberta general election was the fifteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 17, 1963, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

1967 Alberta general election

The 1967 Alberta general election was the sixteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on May 23, 1967, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Senych attempted a return to the legislature in the 1982 general election; he ran as an independent in Redwater-Andrew and was defeated by Topolnisky again, finishing in fourth place out of five candidates. [4] He ran once more under the Representative Party banner in the 1986 Alberta general election; he finished a distant third to Progressive Conservative candidate Steve Zarusky. [5]

The 1982 Alberta general election was the twentieth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on November 2, 1982, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

The Representative Party of Alberta was a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada formed by former Alberta Social Credit Party parliamentary leader Raymond Speaker in 1984. The party was populist and conservative in ideology, and considered a modern version of Social Credit without social credit monetary reform policy.

1986 Alberta general election

The 1986 Alberta general election was the twenty-first general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on May 8, 1986, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Senych was elected Mayor of the Village of Thorhild in 1996 and served until his death in a motor vehicle accident in 2002.

Thorhild, Alberta Hamlet in Alberta, Canada

Thorhild is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Thorhild County. It is located at the intersection of Highway 18 and Highway 827, approximately 86 kilometres (53 mi) north of the City of Edmonton.

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References

  1. ↑ "Redwater election results 1963". Alberta Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  2. ↑ "Redwater election results 1967". Alberta Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  3. ↑ "Redwater-Andrew election results 1971". Alberta Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  4. ↑ "Redwater-Andrew election results 1982". Alberta Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  5. ↑ "Redwater-Andrew election results 1986". Alberta Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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John Dubetz 		MLA Redwater
1963–1971		Succeeded by
Nicholas Taylor
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