John Hnatyshyn
John Hnatyshyn QC (Ukrainian: Іва́н Миха́йлович Гнати́шин, Ivan Mykhaylovych Hnatyshyn /nəˈtɪʃən/; January 20, 1907 in Vashkivtsi – May 2, 1967) was a Canadian lawyer, Senator and father of Ray Hnatyshyn, the twenty-fourth Governor General of Canada.
Contents
- 1 Early life and career
- 2 Politics
- 3 Notes
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Early life and career
Born in the mostly Ukrainian northern part of the Austro-Hungarian Duchy of Bukovina, the son of Michael and Anna, Hnatyshyn came to Canada when he was two months old. Raised on a farm near Canora, Saskatchewan, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1930 and a Bachelor of Law degree in 1932 from the University of Saskatchewan. He was called to the Saskatchewan bar in 1933 and practised law in Saskatoon, co-founding the firm of Kyle, Ferguson and Hnatyshyn in 1942 and becoming Queen's Counsel in 1957.
While attending university in Saskatoon, he resided at the Petro Mohyla Ukrainian Ins*ute, where he met Helen Pitts. They married in 1931 and had four children: Ramon John (Ray), Victor, David and Elizabeth.
Politics
In the 1935, 1940 and 1945 federal elections, he tried unsuccessfully to get elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative candidate for the riding of Yorkton. He also ran unsuccessfully for the provincial legislature as a Progressive Conservative candidate for Saskatoon City in 1952.
In 1959, he was appointed by John Diefenbaker to the Senate representing the senatorial division of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, becoming Canada's first Ukrainian-born senator. He died in office in 1967.
Notes
References
External links
- John Hnatyshyn – Parliament of Canada biography