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- Alexander_Turk abstract "Alexander Turk (March 5, 1906 – January 1, 1988) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1953 to 1958.Born in Larne, Northern Ireland, the son of Nathaniel Turk and Mary O'Lynn, Turk came to Canada with his family in 1910, and was educated at Lord Selkirk School. In 1931, he married Annie Owens. He was a wrestling promoter and president of the Giants Baseball Club, and was known in politics as a charismatic showman. Some credit him with introducing modern professional wrestling to Manitoba in 1946 with his company, the NWA-affiliated Alex Turk Promotions. In later years, he would promote Verne Gagne, Pat O'Connor, Bruno Sammartino, Haystacks Calhoun, Lou Thesz and others in the region. He was eventually pushed out of business by competition from the American Wrestling Association.Turk's election to the Manitoba legislature was somewhat unexpected. In the 1953 election, he ran as a candidate of the Liberal-Progressive Party in Winnipeg North, a constituency dominated by the socialist Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and the communist Labour Progressive Party. He finished seventh out of eleven candidates on the multi-member constituency's first count, behind two other Liberal-Progressive candidates. He did well on transfers, however, and defeated fellow Liberal-Progressive J.M. Kozoriz for the final position. In the legislature, he served as a backbench supporter of Douglas Campbell's government.Turk was on the left-wing of the Liberal-Progressive Party. In 1954, he was the only member of the government caucus to support a CCF bill calling for comprehensive health insurance. The following year, he was the only Liberal-Progressive MLA to endorse a bill calling for progressive prison reforms.Winnipeg's multi-member constituencies were eliminated in the 1958 election, and Turk lost to Steve Peters of the CCF by 856 votes in the newly created riding of Elmwood. He ran again in the 1959 election, but finished third.After leaving provincial politics, Turk was elected to the Winnipeg City Council. Though a member of the conservative Civic Election Committee, he again showed himself to be a progressive representative on issues relating to workers, pensioners and the handicapped, and often voted with the CCF group. In 1964, he lost his seat on council to another CEC candidate.".
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- Alexander_Turk associate Morris_A._Gray.
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- Alexander_Turk birthDate "1906-03-05".
- Alexander_Turk birthPlace Larne.
- Alexander_Turk birthPlace Northern_Ireland.
- Alexander_Turk deathDate "1988-01-01".
- Alexander_Turk office "MLA".
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- Alexander_Turk region Winnipeg_North_(provincial_electoral_district).
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- Alexander_Turk wikiPageWikiLinkText "Alex Turk Promotions".
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- Alexander_Turk alongside Morris_A._Gray.
- Alexander_Turk alongside W._A._Kardash.
- Alexander_Turk birthDate "1906-03-05".
- Alexander_Turk birthPlace Larne.
- Alexander_Turk birthPlace Northern_Ireland.
- Alexander_Turk constituency Winnipeg_North_(provincial_electoral_district).
- Alexander_Turk deathDate "1988-01-01".
- Alexander_Turk name "Alexander Turk".
- Alexander_Turk office Legislative_Assembly_of_Manitoba.
- Alexander_Turk party Manitoba_Liberal_Party.
- Alexander_Turk predecessor Frank_Chester_(politician).
- Alexander_Turk profession "sports owner".
- Alexander_Turk residence Manitoba.
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- Alexander_Turk successor "riding dissolved".
- Alexander_Turk termEnd "1958".
- Alexander_Turk termStart "1953".
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- Alexander_Turk comment "Alexander Turk (March 5, 1906 – January 1, 1988) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1953 to 1958.Born in Larne, Northern Ireland, the son of Nathaniel Turk and Mary O'Lynn, Turk came to Canada with his family in 1910, and was educated at Lord Selkirk School. In 1931, he married Annie Owens. He was a wrestling promoter and president of the Giants Baseball Club, and was known in politics as a charismatic showman.".
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