William Hawryluk
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William Hawryluk was a perennial candidate for political office in Manitoba, Canada during the 1970s and 1980s. He campaigned for federal, provincial and municipal office several times, without ever coming close to being elected.
Hawryluk was an accountant in private life. He ran for the Social Credit Party of Canada in the Canadian federal elections of 1972 and 1974, and for the short-lived Western Democracy Party in a provincial by-election in 1979 (Hawryluk may have been the WDP's leader). On all other occasions, he campaigned as an independent. Hawryluk claimed to be a "Social Credit" candidate during a separate provincial by-election in 1972, but Manitoba Social Credit Party leader Jacob Froese denied that he was a member of the party.
Hawryluk was a fiscal conservative. During a 1986 campaign for Mayor of Winnipeg, he promised to cut property taxes in half by eliminating "useless" government grants. (During the same campaign, he threatened to sue a radio announcer who described him as a "perennial candidate", fearing that voters would misunderstand the term and associate it with illegal activities.)
Hawryluk's electoral record is as follows (this list may be incomplete):
- Provincial by-election, June 16, 1972, Wolseley, 45 votes (winning candidate: Israel Asper, Liberal)
- Canadian federal election, 1972, Winnipeg North Centre, 440 votes (winning candidate: Stanley Knowles, NDP) (note: Hawryluk called himself "Don Hawryluk" in this election)
- Manitoba general election, 1973, Logan, 671 votes (winning candidate: William Jenkins, NDP)
- Canadian federal election, 1974, Winnipeg North, 410 votes (winning candidate: David Orlikow, NDP)
- Federal by-election, October 16, 1978, St. Boniface, 161 votes (winning candidate: Jake Hare, PC)
- Municipal by-election, 1979, Mayor of Winnipeg, 354 votes (winning candidate: Bill Norrie)
- Provincial by-election, October 16, 1979, River Heights, 19 votes (winning candidate: Gary Filmon, PC)
- Municipal election, 1980, Mayor of Winnipeg, 3321 votes (winning candidate: Bill Norrie)
- Municipal election, 1983, Mayor of Winnipeg, 6489 votes (winning candidate: Bill Norrie)
- Canadian federal election, 1984, Winnipeg North, 243 votes (winning candidate: David Orlikow, NDP)
- Manitoba general election, 1986, St. Johns, 115 votes (winning candidate: Judy Wasylycia-Leis, NDP)
- Municipal election, 1986, Mayor of Winnipeg, 1737 votes (winning candidate: Bill Norrie)
- Canadian federal election, 1988, Winnipeg North Centre, 242 votes (winning candidate: David Walker, Liberal)
- Municipal election, 1989, Winnipeg city councillor, Point Douglas, 188 votes (winning candidate: John Prystanski)
- Manitoba general election, 1990, Point Douglas, 108 votes (winning candidates: George Hickes, NDP)
