Derewianchuk played baseball as a catcher with the Vita Cubs, Tolstoi Jets, Winkler Royals and Rossburn. After he retired from baseball, he continued to play
slow pitch and was a member of the winning Manitoba Fastball provincial champion team in the age 65+ category in 2000. Derewianchuk was named to the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007. In the
provincial election of 1973, he defeated
Progressive Conservative candidate
Garnet Kyle by 437 votes; He has not sought a return to provincial politics since this time. Derewianchuk died in
Vita, Manitoba on March 18, 2026, at the age of 90. ==References==