Walter Kolisnyk

Walter Kolisnyk is a farmer and politician in Manitoba, Canada.

He operates a grain and cattle farm in Minitonas, a rural municipality. He served as leader of the Swan Valley Credit Union Board for five years, and was President of the National Farmers Union Local 520. In 2004, he was appointed chairman of the board of the Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation.[1]

In the federal election of 2004, he was a candidate of the social-democratic New Democratic Party in the rural Manitoba riding of Dauphin-Swan River. Dauphin-Swan River was regarded as a safe Conservative seat in the election of 2004. Kolisnyk placed second to Conservative candidate Inky Mark, receiving 7341 votes (about 22% of the total).

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