Paul Yewchuk (born 10 July 1937) is a Canadian former surgeon, physician, and Progressive Conservative party member of the

House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Common ...

. He represented the Alberta riding of

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which he first won in the 1968 federal election. After winning successive terms in the

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and 1979 federal elections, Yewchuk left national politics in 1980 and did not campaign in that year's federal elections. He served four terms from the 28th to

31st Canadian Parliament The 31st Canadian Parliament was a briefly lived parliament in session from October 9 until December 14, 1979. The membership was set by the 1979 federal election on May 22, 1979, and it was dissolved after the minority government of Joe Clark ...

s. In the 1986 British Columbia election he ran as one of the two Social Credit candidates in the riding of Victoria, the Victoria riding returned two MLAs at the time. He came fourth with 19.71% of the vote. In 2005 he sought the Conservative nomination in

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but lost to

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who went on to defeat

Anne McLellan A. Anne McLellan (born August 31, 1950) is a Canadian politician and academic who served as the ninth deputy prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006. She was a cabinet minister in the Liberal governments of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin, ...

. He has been married to his wife Irene since 1967 and they have eight children.

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* 1937 births Living people Canadian surgeons Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Canadian people of Ukrainian descent British Columbia Social Credit Party candidates in British Columbia provincial elections Reform Party of British Columbia candidates in British Columbia provincial elections {{Alberta-politician-stub