Miro Kwasnica (born June 13, 1935) is a retired educator,

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and political figure in

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. He represented Cut Knife from 1967 to 1975 and Cut Knife-Lloydminster from 1975 to 1978 in the

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as a

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(NDP) member. He was born in

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, Saskatchewan, the son of Peter Kwasnica and Alice Bayers – both emigrants from Ukraine – and was educated in Wakaw, at the

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and at the

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. He settled in

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. In 1955, Kwasnica married Patricia Alice Guggenmos; the couple later divorced.

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1935 births Living people People from Wakaw, Saskatchewan Canadian people of Ukrainian descent Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub