John M. Bucklaschuk (born July 18, 1939 in Rossburn,

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) is a

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, Canada. He was a member of the

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from 1981 to 1988, and a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of

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from 1982 to 1988. The son of Michael Bucklaschuk and Agnes Woycheshin, he was educated at Brandon University and the

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, and former

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and

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candidate Richard Spink Bowles. Bucklaschuk first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1973, losing to Progressive Conservative

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in the rural, southeastern riding of Souris-Killarney. This seat is generally regarded as a Tory seat. Bucklaschuk was elected for the mid-northern riding of Gimli in the 1981 provincial election, defeating incumbent Tory Keith Cosens by 830 votes.CBC News Riding Profiles
Gimli, Retrieved January 27, 2010 He entered cabinet on August 20, 1982, being named

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and Minister of Cooperative Development, with responsibility for the Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act. Following a cabinet shuffle on November 4, 1983, he was named Minister of Housing, while retaining the MPICA responsibility. In the 1986 election, he was re-elected over Tory candidate Ed Helwer by almost 1,000 votes. On April 17, 1986, he was named Minister of Municipal Affairs. Following another cabinet shuffle on September 21, 1987, he was named

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and was relieved of his responsibility for the MPICA. The NDP unexpectedly lost a legislative vote of confidence in early 1988, and Bucklaschuk lost his seat to Helwer by over 1,000 votes in the election which followed. He has not sought a return to the legislature since this time. He worked in real estate after his loss,RoyalLePage.ca
, John Bucklaschuk, Retrieved January 27, 2010 and was elected to the Gimli municipal council in 1990. Recently, Bucklaschuk has spoken out against the proposed North American Missile Defense Shield promoted by the American administration of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bucklaschuk, John New Democratic Party of Manitoba MLAs 1939 births Living people Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba Canadian people of Ukrainian descent