Bohdan Zip
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| name = Bud Zip
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|3|5}}
| birth_place = Yellow Creek, Saskatchewan
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|4|19|1929|3|5}}
| death_place =Calgary, Alberta
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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
| constituency = Calgary Mountain View
| term_start =1982
| term_end = 1986
| predecessor = Stan Kushner
| successor = Bob Hawkesworth
| party =Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
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| spouse =Polly Misiewich
m. 17 Jul 1954
| alma_mater=University of Saskatchewan
University of Toronto
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Bohdan "Bud" Zip (March 5, 1929 – April 19, 2017) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1986.
Early life
Bohdan Zip was born in 1929 in the community of Yellow Creek, Saskatchewan.{{cite web|url=http://www.webservicecenter.net/uportal/modules/cms/files/cupp/newsletters/CUPP_Fall_2007.pdf|pages=14|publisher=Canada Ukraine Parliamentary Program|title=Newsletter|work=Fall 2007 Issue 1|access-date=2008-07-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327043509/http://www.webservicecenter.net/uportal/modules/cms/files/cupp/newsletters/CUPP_Fall_2007.pdf|archive-date=2009-03-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xkmIAAAAMAAJ&q=%22+ZIP,+(BUD)+BOHDAN,+B.A.,+M.A.+(Calgaiy+Mountain+View).+B.+Mar.+5,+1929+at+Yellow+Crcek,+Sask********%22|title = Guide Parlementaire Canadien|year = 1986}}
Ukrainian community
Bohdan was actively involved in Calgary's Ukrainian community during the 1970s. He served as chairman of the board for St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Greek-Orthodox Church. In 1976, he helped acquire funding to build a Ukrainian Cultural Centre in Calgary.
Political career
In the 1982 Alberta provincial election Bohdan was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary Mountain View for the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta. He retired after serving one term as a back bench member. Zip died in Calgary in 2017 at the age of 88.{{cite web| url = http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/calgaryherald/obituary.aspx?pid=185164017| title = Bohdan ZIP Obituary (2017) - Calgary, AB - Calgary Herald| website = Legacy.com}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060520024035/http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1976/2557640.shtml Build New Center For Ukrainians In Calgary, The Ukrainian Weekly, December 26, 1976, No. 255, Vol. LXXXIII]
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before=Stan Kushner|
title=MLA Calgary Mountain View|
years=1982-1986|
after=Bob Hawkesworth|
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Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs
Category:Canadian people of Ukrainian descent
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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