Allan Edward Joseph Kerpan (born 1954) is a Canadian

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. He was the long-serving Interim Deputy Leader of the Maverick Party, a right-wing Western Canadian separatist party.

Life and career

Kerpan was born on 9 December 1954 in Kenaston,

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. 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

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in the

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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

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. 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

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as a member of the

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. 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

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. Following the 2019 federal election, Kerpan became involved with the Western separatist movement known as Wexit Canada, later renamed the Maverick Party.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kerpan, Allan 1954 births Living people Canadian people of Croatian descent 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan Reform Party of Canada MPs Canadian Alliance MPs Saskatchewan Party MLAs Maverick Party politicians Western Canadian separatists