Allan Kerpan
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Allan Kerpan
| birthname = Allen Edward Joseph Kerpan
| honorific-suffix =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1954|12|9}}
| birth_place = Kenaston, Saskatchewan, Canada
| death_date =
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| spouse = {{marriage|Melanie Kieper|7 August 1976}}
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| office = Interim Deputy Leader of
the Maverick Party
| term_start = June 2022
| term_end = February 28, 2025
| predecessor = Unknown
| successor = Party collapsed
| office2 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
| constituency2 = Carrot River Valley
| term_start2 = 2003
| term_end2 = 2007
| predecessor2 = Carl Kwiatkowski
| successor2 = Fred Bradshaw
| office3 = Member of Parliament
| constituency3 = Blackstrap
| term_start3 = 1997
| term_end3 = 2000
| predecessor3 = Riding established
| successor3 = Lynne Yelich
| constituency4 = Moose Jaw—Lake Centre
| term_start4 = 1993
| term_end4 = 1997
| predecessor4 = Rod Laporte
| successor4 = Riding dissolved
| profession =
| occupation = Farmer
| party = {{ubl | Independent (2019–2020; 2025–present) | Maverick Party (2020–2025) | Saskatchewan Party (2003–2019) | Canadian Alliance (2000) | Reform Party of Canada (1993–2000)}}
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Allan Edward Joseph Kerpan (born 1954) is a Canadian politician. He was the long-serving Interim Deputy Leader of the Maverick Party, a right-wing Western Canadian separatist party.
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.
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.producer.com/1997/06/defeated-liberals-discover-gun-control-a-huge-issue/|title=Defeated Liberals Discover Gun Control a 'Huge Issue'|work=The Western Producer|date=12 June 1997|accessdate=2016-03-09}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/kerpan-easily-wins-carrot-river-sask-byelection/article22617915/|title=Kerpan Easily Wins Carrot River, Sask., Byelection|work=The Globe and Mail|date=27 June 2003|accessdate=2016-03-09}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nipawinjournal.com/2003/07/04/kerpan-posts-resounding-win-in-by-election|title=Kerpan Posts Resounding Win in By-election|work=Nipawin Journal|date=4 July 2003|accessdate=2016-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309200129/http://www.nipawinjournal.com/2003/07/04/kerpan-posts-resounding-win-in-by-election|archive-date=9 March 2016|url-status=dead}} Later that year, Kerpan was re-elected in the general provincial elections, after the boundaries of Carrot River Valley were realigned.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/saskvotes2003/riding/007/|title=Saskatchewan Votes 2003 – Carrot River Valley|publisher=CBC News|date=5 November 2003|accessdate=2016-03-09}}
Kerpan was succeeded in the riding of Carrot River Valley by the Saskatchewan Party's Fred Bradshaw.{{cite web|url=http://www.nipawinjournal.com/2007/11/15/rural-sask-is-back|title=Rural Sask. 'Is Back'|work=Nipawin Journal|date=15 November 2007|accessdate=2016-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309222838/http://www.nipawinjournal.com/2007/11/15/rural-sask-is-back|archive-date=9 March 2016|url-status=dead}}
Following the 2019 federal election, Kerpan became involved with the Western separatist movement known as Wexit Canada,{{Cite web|last=Modjeski|first=Morgan|date=2019-10-24|title=Sask. Government Not in Favour of Separation, Says Trade and Economic Development Minister|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/west-separation-sask-1.5333017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024154210/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/west-separation-sask-1.5333017 |archive-date=24 October 2019 |access-date=2020-07-01|website=CBC}} later renamed the Maverick Party.
References
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External links
- {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=14600}}
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