Alex Kuziak

Alex Gordon Kuziak (October 15, 1908 – May 14, 2010) was an educator, businessman and politician of Ukrainian descent in Saskatchewan. He represented Canora from 1948 to 1964 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member.

Early life and career

Kuziak was born in Canora, Saskatchewan, the son of Jacob Kuziak and Mary Luchuk, and was educated in Canora, Yorkton and Saskatoon. He attended normal school in Regina and then taught school in Canora for five years. Kuziak next served as secretary-treasurer for the rural municipality of Keys, operated an insurance and real estate business in Canora and was a partner in Canora Electric and Heating.

Following is re-election in the 1952, he was appointed Minister of Telephones, as Minister in charge of the Government Finance Office and as Minister of Natural Resources, becoming the first person of Ukrainian descent to become a cabinet minister in Canada.

In the 1965 federal election, he ran unsuccessfully for the Yorkton seat in the Canadian House of Commons. He served on the city council for Yorkton in 1971.

Personal life

In 1935, Kuziak married Ann Jarman.

He died in Yorkton in on May 14, 2010 at the age of 101.