Barry Pashak
| Barry Leonard Pashak | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
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In office 1986–1993 |
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| Preceded by | John Zaozirny |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Constituency | Calgary-Forest Lawn |
| Leader of The Equity Party | |
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In office 2000–2001 |
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| Preceded by | Emil van der Poorten |
| Succeeded by | Brent Johner |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 21, 1937 Calgary, Alberta |
| Political party |
Alberta NDP The Equity Party |
| Spouse(s) | Wilda Pashak |
| Occupation | college instructor, politician |
Barry Leonard Pashak (born April 21, 1937) is a former college instructor and a Canadian provincial and federal level politician. He served as member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993 sitting with the opposition New Democratic Party caucus. He briefly served as leader for The Equity Party, a minor Alberta provincial party from 2000 to 2001.
Pashak got his start as a perennial candidate by running for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1971 Alberta general election as a candidate for the Alberta New Democrats in the electoral district of Calgary-North Hill. He finished a distant third out of fourth place in the hotly contested race behind incumbent Social Credit MLA Robert Simpson and winning Progressive Conservative candidate Roy Farran.
A year later, Pashak ran in his first federal election. He stood as a federal New Democratic Party candidate running in the 1972 federal election in the Calgary North federal electoral district. Pashak once again finished a distant third place out of five candidates losing to Progressive Conservative incumbent Eldon Woolliams.
Pashak attempted a second run at federal politics running for a seat in the 1979 federal election. For the third time he finished third place in his district. He ran in the federal electoral district of Calgary East for the NDP. He was defeated by Progressive Conservative incumbent John Kushner and also finished behind former MLA Albert Ludwig in the field of seven candidates.
The minority government of Joe Clark fell less than a year later resulting in the 1980 federal election. Pashak ran for a second time in the electoral district of Calgary East. The election was a virtual rerun with Pashak facing Kushner and Ludwig for the second time. On election night Pashak finished third out of the eight candidates but lost almost 700 votes from his 1979 total. He finished behind Kushner and Ludwig respectively.
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