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Volume 17, Issue 32, Week of August 13, 2018
David Tkachuk has played his part in political history
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David Tkachuk has held numerous roles since being appointed to the Senate in 1993. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)
nspired by former Canadian 1993 and today, at 73, remains Prime Minister John Diefenin office. baker, Saskatchewan’s David “Most of my days as a boy Tkachuk decided to pursue a were spent in Weirdale, a compolitical path. munity named after Robert Weir He joined the Progressive who was the Canadian minister Conservative Party in 1974. As of agriculture in R.B. Bennett’s Saskatchewan executive direcdays as prime minister,” said tor of the party and later Grant Tkachuk. Devine’s principal secretary, he “Weirdale was part of John saw the party fortunes rise from Diefenbaker’s Prince Albert no elected members and two per riding. My father, George, was cent of the popular vote in 1974 a farmer and a grain buyer and People to taking office in 1982. later he and my mother, Pauline, Later in life, there were other ran the general store. comeback stories he helped engineer with “They believed in Christian values and the federal elections of Conservative govalways believed the best way to get ahead ernments in 1984 and 1997. was by education. They were hard-working Tkachuk was appointed to the Senate in people and there was always a job for me TA081319 Tammy
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in the summer months while attending the University of Saskatchewan. I suspected they thought I’d be their business partner when I grew up. “We have pictures of Mr. Diefenbaker coming to town and being surrounded by the schoolchildren in front of the store. Later, when he was campaigning, he’d arrive with a caravan of trucks and wagons and he’d get up on the back of the wagon and deliver his speeches.” Tkachuk graduated from the U of S with a bachelor of arts in 1965 and, in 1966, a diploma in education. He was active in student government. In the year he was president of the students’ union, some of his partners were Devine, Raynell Andreychuk, a former judge and now a Canadian senator, Eric Malling, who became a TV journal-
ist, and Pat Lorje, who was later active in Saskatoon and Saskatchewan politics. While at the university, he began running social events, and quickly emerged as a promoter, starting a company called Actron Agencies. He staged Woodtick One, a one-day rock and roll event on a church property on the road to Pike Lake, and took Woodtick Two to the Saskatoon Exhibition grounds the next year. He saw Saskatoon talent hit the national stage, including Kenny Shields and Witness. He taught at St. Michael’s School from 1972 through 1974, and launched basketball, volleyball and track and field with help from his wife, Sharon. He was ticketed to teach at Holy Cross High School the next year. (Continued on page 15)
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