Editing Ray Hnatyshyn (section)

==Early life and career==
Hnatyshyn, a [[Ukrainian Canadian]], was born in [[Saskatoon]], [[Saskatchewan]], to Helen Constance (Pitts) and [[John Hnatyshyn]]. John practised as a lawyer, but also became involved in politics, running unsuccessfully in three federal elections in the riding of [[Yorkton (federal electoral district)|Yorkton]] before becoming Canada's first Ukrainian-born [[Senate of Canada|senator]] in 1959.<ref name=CE/><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=16727| title=Profile - Hnatyshyn, John| publisher=[[Library of Parliament]]| accessdate=2021-07-13}}</ref><ref name="URegina">{{Cite web| url=https://esask.uregina.ca/tmc_cms/modules/customcode/includes/print_entry.cfm-entryid=734AD815-1560-95DA-43160C8859F7A9AE.jsp| title=Hnatyshyn, Ramon John (1934- 2002)| publisher=[[University of Regina]]| first=Teresa |last=Welsh |accessdate=2021-07-13}}</ref>{{refn|John Hnatyshyn was born in [[Bukovina]], then a part of [[Austria-Hungary]]. Canada's first senator of Ukrainian descent, [[William Michael Wall]], was born in Manitoba.|group=n}} John's political links and friendship with [[John Diefenbaker]], the future prime minister, would provide his son with frequent exposure to high-calibre political debate.<ref name=CBCOB>{{Cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/obit/hnatyshyn/| last=Bowman| first=John| title=Indepth Backgrounder: Ramon John Hnatyshyn| publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]| access-date=March 5, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211022621/http://www.cbc.ca/news/obit/hnatyshyn/ |archive-date=2003-02-11 }}</ref>

Ray Hnatyshyn attended Victoria Public School and [[Nutana, Saskatoon#Education|Nutana Collegiate Institute]] in Saskatoon, then went on to study at the [[University of Saskatchewan]], earning a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1954, and a [[Bachelor of Laws]] two years later.<ref name=CE>{{Cite web| url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ramon-john-hnatyshyn| first1=Norman |last1=Hillmer |first2=Danny |last2=Kucharsky| title=Ray Natyshyn| publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia| accessdate=2021-07-11| date=2018-02-28}}</ref> He was called to the bar of Saskatchewan in 1957 and briefly worked at a Saskatoon law firm, then moved to [[Ottawa]] in 1958 to take a position as an assistant to [[Walter Aseltine]], the [[Government Leader in the Canadian Senate]].<ref name=CE/><ref name="UM">{{Citation| url=https://umanitoba.ca/governance/honours/honorary-degrees| publisher=University of Manitoba| title=Honorary Degree recipients| access-date=2021-07-19| archive-date=2020-11-16| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116070219/http://umanitoba.ca/governance/honours/honorary-degrees| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Hnatyshyn returned to Saskatoon in 1960 and resumed his career as a lawyer. That year, on January 9, he married [[Gerda Hnatyshyn|Karen Gerda Nygaard Andreasen]], eventually having and raising two sons with her.<ref name=CE/><ref name=GGHnat>{{Citation| url=http://archive.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=55| last=Office of the Governor General of Canada| author-link=Governor General of Canada| title=Role and Responsibilities > Former Governors General > The Right Honourable Ramon John Hnatyshyn| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=February 4, 2010}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In the [[1964 Saskatchewan general election]], he ran unsuccessfully as a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan]] candidate in the electoral district of [[Saskatoon City (provincial electoral district)|Saskatoon City]].<ref name=CE/> In 1966 he began teaching at the University of Saskatchewan's [[University of Saskatchewan College of Law|College of Law]] as a sessional lecturer, and in 1973 he was appointed [[Queen's Counsel]] in Saskatchewan.<ref name=CE/><ref name=CBCOB /><ref name=USask>{{Cite web| url=https://library.usask.ca/archives/campus-history/honorary-degrees.php?id=411&view=detail&keyword=&campuses=| title=Honorary Degrees: His Excellency, the Right Honourable Ramon John Hnatyshyn, BA, LLB, P.C., C.C., C.M.M, C.D., Q.C.| publisher=[[University of Saskatchewan]]| accessdate=2021-07-11}}</ref>

In his youth, Hnatyshyn enrolled in the [[Royal Canadian Air Cadets]], where he was a member of 107 Spitfire Squadron in Saskatoon. He was enlisted as a reservist with the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] (RCAF) from 1951 to 1956, then served in the RCAF's 23 Wing (Auxiliary) from 1956 to 1958.<ref name=USask/><ref name=Parlinfo>{{Cite web| url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=12176| title=Profile - Hnatyshyn, Ramon John| publisher=[[Library of Parliament]]| accessdate=2021-07-11}}</ref>