death_place death_date religion birth_place party office birth_date term spouse article_title name occupation
regina , saskatchewan 13 october 2006 ukrainian catholic beaver hills , saskatchewan saskatchewan liberal party mla for redberry 25 december 1905 1948 1960 & ndash ; 1952 1956 & ndash ; slawka marak bernard leo korchinski
 barry korchinski educator
bernard leo korchinski

bernard leo korchinski -lrb- december 25 , 1905 -- october 13 , 2006 -rrb- was an educator and political figure in saskatchewan .
he represented redberry from 1948 to 1952 and from 1956 to 1960 in the legislative assembly of saskatchewan as a liberal .
he was born in beaver hills , saskatchewan , the son of lev korchinski and pauline hryciw , both ukrainian immigrants .
korchinski was educated at st. joseph 's college in yorkton .
he taught school for 39 years in various locations including ituna , holdfast , hafford , rama , speers and regina .
he served in the royal canadian air force during world war ii .
korchinski was provincial director of the emergency measures organization and served as a judge for the saskatchewan citizenship court .
he was a member of the knights of columbus and a founding member of the ukrainian canadian congress and the ukrainian catholic brotherhood .
-lsb- http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/ukrainian_catholic_brotherhood_of_canada.html] korchinski wrote articles for the `` ukrainski visti '' -lrb- -rrb- newspaper in edmonton and authored the book `` pioneer bishop '' about nykyta budka .
he married slawka marak .
korchinski was defeated by dmytro zipchen of the ccf when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1952 .
he was awarded the centennial medal by the commonwealth parliamentary association in 2005 .
korchinski died the following year in regina at the age of 100 .
