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.
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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Life and career
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.
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