Walter Stadnick | |
|---|---|
| Born | Wolodumir Stadnik 3 August 1952 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Other names | "Nurget" |
| Occupation(s) | Outlaw biker, gangster |
| Years active | 1968– |
| Known for | National president of the Hells Angels in Canada |
| Predecessor | Michel Langlois |
| Successor | Billy Miller and Gerald Ward |
| Allegiance | Cossacks MC (1968–1977) Wild Ones MC (1977–1979) Hells Angels MC (1982–) |
| Conviction(s) | Drug possession with the intention to sell (1971) Conspiracy to commit murder, drug trafficking and gangsterism (2004) |
| Criminal penalty | 20 years' imprisonment (2004) |
Wolodumir "Walter" Stadnick (born 3 August 1952),[1] also known as "Nurget", is a Canadian outlaw biker and gangster who was the third national president of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in Canada. Stadnick is generally credited with turning the Hells Angels into the dominant outlaw biker club in Canada.[2] The journalists Michel Auger and Peter Edwards wrote that much about Stadnick is mysterious, ranging from what is the meaning of his sobriquet "Nurget", to how a unilingual Anglo Canadian from Hamilton became the leader of the then largely French-Canadian Hells Angels.[3] In 2004, the journalist Tu Thanh Ha wrote that Stadnick is "a secretive man little known to the public", but "he is one of Canada's most pivotal organized-crime figures."[4]