Brian Fitzpatrick (born November 18, 1945, in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan) is a

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politician. After serving as a board of education trustee in

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, Fitzpatrick ran in the

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for the

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. He was elected to the

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, and, after the Canadian Alliance merged into the

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, he ran again and won. In both elections, he ran in the riding of

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. Fitzpatrick also ran in the

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for the

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in the riding of Mackenzie but he lost. He is a lawyer and the former opposition critic of Litigation, Rural Development, Regional Development and New and Emerging Markets. He was one of the founding members of the Saskatchewan Party and was its first director of policy development and chaired the founding convention for the party. In 2006, Brian Fitzpatrick sponsored the Act to Amend Income Tax, and on June 22, 2007, the bill was passed.

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How'd They Vote?: Brian Fitzpatrick's voting history and quotes
* 1945 births Living people Politicians from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan People from Assiniboia, Saskatchewan Reform Party of Canada candidates in the 1993 Canadian federal election Conservative Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Saskatchewan-MP-stub