Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky (1887-1969)

Teacher, MLA (1923-27), MLA (1927-32), MLA (1933-36), MLA (1937-40), MLA (1941-1945), MLA (1946-1949), MLA (1950-1953), MLA (1954-1957).

Born in Celo Serafinily, Western Ukraine on 16 September 1887, Bachynsky came to Canada in 1904 and to Manitoba in 1909 to homestead at Fisher Branch. He subsequently attended Brandon Teachers College and became a teacher. He was elected a MLA in 1922, and served until 1958. He was first elected as a member of the United Farmers Movement, became a Progressive in 1932 and from 1949 sat as a Liberal-Progressive. He was Speaker of the House from 1950 to 1958, during the administration of Douglas L. Campbell. Bachynsky was active in many Ukrainian organizations.

He died on 14 August 1969.

Sources:

“Under The Golden Boy, Manitoba’s M.L.A.s” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 March 1943. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B9, page 125]

Profile revised: 31 January 2009

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