Michael Senych

Michael Senych was born in Corbin, British Columbia. He attended the University of Alberta and worked twenty-six years as a teacher before entering provincial politics.

Senych was elected to the Alberta legislature in the district of Redwater in the 1963 general election.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1963&Constit=Redwater |title=Redwater election results 1963 |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation |access-date=2008-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612184523/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1963&Constit=Redwater |archive-date=2011-06-12 }} He ran for and won a second term in 1967{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1967&Constit=Redwater |title=Redwater election results 1967 |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation |access-date=2008-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612184531/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1967&Constit=Redwater |archive-date=2011-06-12 }} He ran for a third term in office in the new electoral district of Redwater-Andrew in the 1971 general election; he was defeated by George Topolnisky of the Progressive Conservative Party.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1971&Constit=Redwater-Andrew |title=Redwater-Andrew election results 1971 |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation |access-date=2008-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612184549/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1971&Constit=Redwater-Andrew |archive-date=2011-06-12 }}

Senych attempted a return to the legislature in the 1982 general election; he ran as an independent in Redwater-Andrew and was defeated by Topolnisky again, finishing in fourth place out of five candidates.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1982&Constit=Redwater-Andrew |title=Redwater-Andrew election results 1982 |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation |access-date=2008-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612184554/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1982&Constit=Redwater-Andrew |archive-date=2011-06-12 }} He ran once more under the Representative Party banner in the 1986 Alberta general election; he finished a distant third to Progressive Conservative candidate Steve Zarusky.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1986&Constit=Redwater-Andrew |title=Redwater-Andrew election results 1986 |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation |access-date=2008-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612184412/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1986&Constit=Redwater-Andrew |archive-date=2011-06-12 }}

Senych was elected Mayor of the Village of Thorhild in 1996 and served until his death in a motor vehicle accident in 2002.

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• [https://www.assembly.ab.ca/isys/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_25/session_2/20020408_1330_01_han.pdf Michael Senych death announcement], Alberta Legislative Assembly April 8, 2002.
• [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3543/is_200204/ai_n8360195 The Record Alberta Edition, April 2002]

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