Allan Edward Joseph Kerpan (born 9 December 1954 in Kenaston, Saskatchewan

Kenaston, Saskatchewan

-Ethnic Roots:* Slovak and Scandinavian ethnic bloc settlements were near Kenaston.*Croatian immigrants settled in this area around Kenaston. Croatian family backgrounds are set out in this article -Notable natives:...

) is a Canadian

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 politician

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Kerpan attended public school in Kenaston from 1960 to 1972, but attended St Peter's College, Muenster

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 during 1969-70.

He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 in the Moose Jaw—Lake Centre

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 electoral district

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 in the 1993 federal election

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. After realignment of riding boundaries, he was re-elected at the Blackstrap electoral district

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 in the 1997 federal election

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. Kerpan was a member of the Reform party

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, later renamed the Canadian Alliance

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. After serving in the 35th

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 and 36th Canadian Parliament

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s, he did not seek a third term of office, leaving federal politics as of the 2000 federal election

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Allan Kerpan was also a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

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 under the Saskatchewan Party

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. He entered provincial politics in June 2003 when he won a by-election at the Carrot River Valley

Carrot River Valley

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 riding succeeding Carl Kwiatkowski whose death left the provincial electoral district vacant. Later that year, Kerpan was re-elected in the general provincial elections, after the boundaries of Carrot River Valley were realigned.

Kerpan was succeeded in the riding of Carrot River Valley by the Saskatchewan Party's Fred Bradshaw.

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