The Hon. Stanley Haidasz, M.D.
born 1923
member of Canadian Parliament, physicianThe first Liberal Member of Canadian Parliament (MP) of Polish descent
Born 1923. A Canadian politician and the first Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) of Polish descent. He was born into a family of Polish immigrants who came to Canada in 1910.
Dr. Haidasz studied medicine at the University of Toronto, and did post-graduate work in cardiology at the University of Chicago.
He entered politics during the 1957 election, and became the Liberal MP for the Toronto riding of Trinity. In 1962 he returned to the Canadian House of Commons and retained his seat through five succeeding elections until his appointment to the Canadian Senate in 1978.
In the 1960s he served as head of Canada's delegation to the World Food Program in Geneva, as a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly and as parliamentary secretary to a number of ministers.
In 1972 he was appointed to the Canadian Cabinet as Minister of State for multiculturalism.
From: Good News 2005 - 2006. A publication of the American Institute of Polish Culture of Miami, Florida.