Taras Dempster Ferley (1882-1947)

Publisher and real estate broker, municipal official, MLA (1916-1920).

Born on 14 October 1882, at Ukraine, son of Theodore and Marie Ferley. He was educated at Kolomea Gymnasium and Lemberg University. He came to Canada in 1903. On 22 July of that year, he married Natalia Amy Rurak (?-1971), daughter of Michael Rurak, of Ukraine. They had two children: son Jaroslan and daughter Eugenie.

He was a Director of the Ukrainian Publishing Company of Canada. He was a candidate for an aldermanic seat in the Winnipeg city council in 1913, and an Independent-Liberal candidate for Gimli in 1914 and 1915. He was elected to the Manitoba Legislature at the 1915 general election. He served on the Winnipeg City Council from 1932 to 1933.

He died at his Winnipeg home, 32 Bannerman Avenue, on 27 July 1947 and was buried in All Saints Cemetery.

Source:

The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1917.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 30 July 1947, page 20.

Profile revised: 31 January 2010

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