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Stanley Haidasz, PC , MD (born March 4 1923 ) is a retired Canadian politician, and was the first Liberal Member Of Parliament (MP) of Polish descent.

Haidasz was born to Polish parents who immigrated to Canada in 1910 from Stanislawów . He studied medicine graduating from the University Of Toronto in 1951 , and did post-graduate work in Cardiology at the University Of Chicago .

Haidasz entered politics when he ran in the 1957 Election , and became the Liberal (MP) for the Toronto Riding of Trinity . He was defeated in the 1958 Election in which John George Diefenbaker led the Progressive Conservative Party to a Landslide Victory .

Haidasz returned to the Canadian House Of Commons in the 1962 Election , representing the Toronto riding of Parkdale . He retained his seat through five succeeding elections until his appointment to the Canadian Senate in 1978 .

In 1964 , he served as head of Canada's delegation to the World Food Program in Geneva , and as a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly .

He served as Parliamentary Secretary to a number of ministers in the 1960 s. In 1972 , he was appointed to the Canadian Cabinet as Minister Of State for Multiculturalism .

see books:
Aleksandra Ziółkowska "Senator Haidasz", Toronto 1983, Aleksandra Ziółkowska "Kanadyjski senator", Warszawa 1989, Aleksandra Ziółkowska "Amerykanie z wyboru:, Warszawa 1998, Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm "The Roots Are Polish" Toronto 2004.


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