Isidore Goresky (Ukrainian: Ізидор Ґорецький, romanized: Izydor Goretskyi; November 11, 1902 – February 22, 1999) was a Canadian farm labourer, teacher and provincial politician active in the province of Alberta.
Isidore Goresky was born on November 25, 1902, in Barbivtsi, in the Austrian Duchy of Bukovina (now known as Brusnytsia and part of Ukraine).
He defeated two other candidates by taking 70 percent of the district vote, a landslide margin of victory to hold the seat for his party.
He was defeated by Social Credit candidate William Tomyn finishing a distant third out of fourth place ahead of former MLA Andrew Shandro.
[1] Goresky spent the late 1960s and 1970s researching early Ukrainian immigration to Canada, translating and publishing various records.
His funeral service was held on March 1, 1999, at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. Mary's in Surrey, British Columbia.