William "Bill" Chornopyski was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
10 Facts About William Chornopyski
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William Chornopyski was associated with the New Democratic Party of Manitoba for many years, but was elected to the provincial legislature in 1988 as a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party.
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William Chornopyski was employed by the Canadian Pacific Railway from 1944 to 1966, and worked as a sales executive at General Motors from 1966 to 1971.
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William Chornopyski served as president of the Burrows Constituency NDP, and as secretary of the Winnipeg North federal NDP organization.
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William Chornopyski was married to Elsie Wagner and had four children.
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In 1974, William Chornopyski was elected as a councillor in the city of Winnipeg.
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William Chornopyski served in this capacity until 1986, and became deputy mayor of the city in 1982.
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William Chornopyski appears to have left the NDP over this issue around 1984, at roughly the same time as longtime party MLA and Edward Schreyer-era cabinet minister Russell Doern.
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The Liberals increased their parliamentary representation from one seat to twenty in the 1988 election, and William Chornopyski sat with the official opposition in parliament.
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William Chornopyski did not seek a return to public office, instead going back to farming, and died at the Morris General Hospital in 2002.