Allan Kerpan
Allan Kerpan | |
|---|---|
| Interim Deputy Leader of the Maverick Party | |
| Assumed office June 2022 | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan | |
| In office 2003–2007 | |
| Preceded by | Carl Kwiatkowski |
| Succeeded by | Fred Bradshaw |
| Constituency | Carrot River Valley |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 1997–2000 | |
| Preceded by | Riding established |
| Succeeded by | Lynne Yelich |
| Constituency | Blackstrap |
| In office 1993–1997 | |
| Preceded by | Rod Laporte |
| Succeeded by | Riding dissolved |
| Constituency | Moose Jaw—Lake Centre |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Allen Edward Joseph Kerpan 9 December 1954 Kenaston, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Political party |
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| Spouse |
Melanie Kieper (m. 1976) |
| Occupation | Farmer |
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Allan Edward Joseph Kerpan (born 1954) is a Canadian politician. He is the current interim deputy leader of the Maverick Party, a right-wing Western Canadian separatist party.
Life and career
[edit]Kerpan was born on 9 December 1954 in Kenaston, Saskatchewan. He attended public school in Kenaston from 1960 to 1972, but attended St Peter's College, Muenster, during 1969–70.[1]
He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the Moose Jaw—Lake Centre electoral district in the 1993 federal election. After realignment of riding boundaries, he was re-elected at the Blackstrap electoral district in the 1997 federal election.[2] Kerpan was a member of the Reform Party, later renamed the Canadian Alliance. After serving in the 35th and 36th Canadian parliaments, he did not seek a third term of office, leaving federal politics as of the 2000 federal election.
Allan Kerpan was also a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a member of the Saskatchewan Party. He entered provincial politics in June 2003 when he won a by-election at the Carrot River Valley riding succeeding Carl Kwiatkowski whose death left the provincial electoral district vacant.[3][4] Later that year, Kerpan was re-elected in the general provincial elections, after the boundaries of Carrot River Valley were realigned.[5]
Kerpan was succeeded in the riding of Carrot River Valley by the Saskatchewan Party's Fred Bradshaw.[6]
Following the 2019 federal election, Kerpan became involved with the Western separatist movement known as Wexit Canada,[7] later renamed the Maverick Party.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kathryn, O'Handley (Spring 1994). Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Globe and Mail Publishing.
- ^ "Defeated Liberals Discover Gun Control a 'Huge Issue'". The Western Producer. 12 June 1997. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ "Kerpan Easily Wins Carrot River, Sask., Byelection". The Globe and Mail. 27 June 2003. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ "Kerpan Posts Resounding Win in By-election". Nipawin Journal. 4 July 2003. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ "Saskatchewan Votes 2003 – Carrot River Valley". CBC News. 5 November 2003. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ "Rural Sask. 'Is Back'". Nipawin Journal. 15 November 2007. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ Modjeski, Morgan (24 October 2019). "Sask. Government Not in Favour of Separation, Says Trade and Economic Development Minister". CBC. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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[edit]- 1954 births
- Living people
- Canadian people of Croatian descent
- 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
- 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
- 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan
- Reform Party of Canada MPs
- Canadian Alliance MPs
- Saskatchewan Party MLAs
- Maverick Party politicians
- Western Canadian separatists