John Hnatyshyn QC (/nəˈtɪʃən/ nə-TISH-ən; Ukrainian: Іва́н Миха́йлович Гнати́шин, romanized: Iván Mykháylovych Hnatýshyn, IPA: [iˈwɑn mɪˈxɑjlowɪdʒ ɦnɐˈtɪʃɪn]; January 20, 1907 – May 2, 1967) was a Ukrainian Canadian lawyer, Senator and father of Ray Hnatyshyn, the twenty-fourth governor general of Canada.
Born in the mostly Ukrainian northern part of the Austro-Hungarian Duchy of Bukovina,[1] the son of Michael and Anna, Hnatyshyn came to Canada when he was two months old.
[2] He was called to the Saskatchewan bar in 1933 and practised law in Saskatoon, co-founding the firm of Kyle, Ferguson and Hnatyshyn in 1942 and becoming Queen's Counsel in 1957.
[2] While attending university in Saskatoon, he resided at the Petro Mohyla Ukrainian Institute, where he met Helen Pitts.
[2][4][n 1] He also ran unsuccessfully for the provincial legislature as a Progressive Conservative candidate for Saskatoon City in 1952.