Allan Kerpan

Allan Kerpan MP, MLA
Member of Parliament for Moose Jaw—Lake Centre
In office 1993–1997
Preceded by	Rod Laporte
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
Member of Parliament for Blackstrap
In office 1997–2000
Preceded by	riding established
Succeeded by	Lynne Yelich
MLA for Carrot River Valley
In office 2003–2007
Preceded by	Carl Kwiatkowski
Succeeded by	Fred Bradshaw
Personal details
Born	Allen Edward Joseph Kerpan (1954-12-09) 9 December 1954 Kenaston, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political party	Saskatchewan Party (since 2003)
Other political affiliations	Reform Party of Canada (1997–2000), Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance (2000)
Spouse(s)	Melanie Kieper (m. 7 August 1976)

Allan Edward Joseph Kerpan (born 9 December 1954) is a Canadian politician.

Life and career

Kerpan was born 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 Canadian House of Commons 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. 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. 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.

External links

• Allan Kerpan – Parliament of Canada biography