Dmytro Yakimischak (October 7, 1888—1958, ) was a politician in

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, Canada. He served in the

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from 1920 to 1927. Yakimischak was born in

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, to a family of prosperous farmers. He was educated at public schools in Ukraine, and came in Canada in 1898. Yakimischak continued his education at the

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and law degrees. He served as director of the Ukrainian Publishing Company, Limited. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1920 provincial election as a

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candidate, defeating

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Roy Whitman and incumbent

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John D. Baskerville in the southeastern constituency of Emerson. He served in the Independent-Farmer bloc in the parliament which followed. Yakimiscak was re-elected as an independent in the 1922 provincial election, winning by an increased majority. He was defeated in the 1927 campaign, however, finishing a distant fourth against

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candidate Robert Curran.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yakimischak, Dmytro 1888 births 1958 deaths People from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Ukrainian Austro-Hungarians Yakimiscak, Dmytro Yakimiscak, Dmytro Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to Canada People from Emerson, Manitoba