Role Politician Name Bohdan Zip | ||
Spouse(s) Polly Misiewichm. 17 Jul 1954 Alma mater University of SaskatchewanUniversity of Toronto Education | ||
Constituency Calgary Mountain View | ||
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.
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Early life
Bohdan Zip was born in 1929 in the community of Yellow Creek, Saskatchewan.
Ukrainian community
Bohdan was big 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.