He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1963 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit Party.
He attended the University of Alberta and worked twenty-six years as a teacher before entering provincial politics.
[3] Senych attempted a return to the legislature in the 1982 general election; he ran as an independent in Redwater-Andrew and was defeated by Topolnisky again, finishing in fourth place out of five candidates.
[4] He ran once more under the Representative Party banner in the 1986 Alberta general election; he finished a distant third to Progressive Conservative candidate Steve Zarusky.
[5] Senych was elected Mayor of the Village of Thorhild in 1996 and served until his death in a motor vehicle accident in 2002.