Preceded by Rod Laporte Role Canadian Politician Preceded by riding established Spouse Melanie Kieper (m. 1976) | Preceded by Carl Kwiatkowski Name Allan Kerpan Succeeded by Lynne Yelich | |
Full Name Allen Edward Joseph Kerpan Born 9 December 1954 (age 69)
Kenaston, Saskatchewan, Canada ( 1954-12-09 ) Other political
affiliations Reform Party of Canada (1997–2000), Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance (2000) | ||
Political party Saskatchewan Party | ||
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.