Wasyl "William" Fedun (August 5, 1879 – November 14, 1949) was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada from 1921 to 1926. He was born in Eastern Galicia. William Fedun was elected to the northern Alberta, Victoria provincial electoral district in the

1921 Alberta general election The 1921 Alberta general election was held on July 18, 1921, to elect members to the 5th Alberta Legislative Assembly. It was one of only five times that Alberta has changed governments. The Liberal Party, which had governed the province since it ...

for the United Farmers of Alberta. He defeated long time Liberal MLA Francis Walker who was one of the last original members in the provincial legislature. He served one full term in office as a backbencher in the United Farmers government. Fedun did not run again in 1926 He died in 1949 in

Lamont, Alberta Lamont is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located east of Edmonton at the junction of Highway 15 and Highway 831. History Settlement began in the 1880s. The area's location along the Victoria Trail, which was used by travellers betw ...

and was buried in

Andrew, Alberta Andrew is a village in central Alberta, Canada that is northeast of Edmonton. Andrew is home of the world's largest duck roadside attraction, part of the Giants of the Prairies. Its post office was established March 2, 1902. The community has the ...

.Ex MLA Dies in Lamont Hospital, ''The

Edmonton Journal The ''Edmonton Journal'' is a daily newspaper in Edmonton, Alberta. It is part of the Postmedia Network. History The ''Journal'' was founded in 1903 by three local businessmen — John Macpherson, Arthur Moore and J.W. Cunningham — as ...

'', 16 November 1959, page 26

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Alberta Legislature Membership Listing
United Farmers of Alberta MLAs 1949 deaths 1879 births People from Lamont, Alberta People from Lviv Oblast Ukrainian emigrants to Canada Austro-Hungarian emigrants to Canada Ukrainian Austro-Hungarians People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria {{Alberta-politician-stub