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William Yurko is a Canadian politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1986. He was born on 11 February 1926 in Hairy Hill, Alberta, Canada. Yurko was educated at the University of Alberta, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1950. He then attended the University of Saskatchewan, where he received a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1952. Yurko was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 1971, representing the riding of Vegreville-Viking. He was re-elected in 1975, 1979, and 1982. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Peter Lougheed from 1975 to 1986, holding the portfolios of Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Municipal Affairs, and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. Yurko retired from politics in 1986 and returned to the practice of law. He is currently a partner in the law firm of Yurko, Saler & Associates in Edmonton. Yurko is 84 years old. He has an estimated net worth of $1 million.

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Occupation Chemical engineer
Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 11 February, 1926
Birthday 11 February
Birthplace Hairy Hill, Alberta, Canada
Date of death (2010-02-02)
Died Place Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Nationality Canada

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William Yurko Net Worth

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1979

In 1979 he was elected to the House of Commons for the Edmonton East riding as a candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, and he held the seat until 1984, when he ran as an Independent for the same riding, but lost to William Lesick.

1971

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the Edmonton Gold Bar riding in 1971 and re-elected in 1975.

1969

He was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) as a candidate of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta in the Strathcona East riding by-election on February 10, 1969, following the resignation of Premier Ernest Manning.

1926

William "Vasile" Yurko MLA MP (February 11, 1926 – February 2, 2010) was a Canadian politician, and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the House of Commons of Canada.

Yurko was born in 1926 in Hairy Hill, Alberta of Romanian and Ukrainian descent. He served two years in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, then graduated with distinction as a chemical engineer from the University of Alberta. He worked for 17 years (six of them within the Atomic Energy of Canada) before 1969, when he entered politics.