Michael Alfred Hopfner (January 25, 1947 – April 19, 2009) was a hotel owner, electrical contractor and political figure in

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. He represented Cut Knife-Lloydminster from 1982 to 1991 in the

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as a Progressive Conservative. He was born in

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and was educated in Lake Lenore and at the Moose Jaw technical school. He served on the town council for

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, also serving as mayor. Hopfner served as government

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in the assembly. He was defeated by

Violet Stanger Violet Laverne Stanger (1940 – February 6, 2023) was a Canadian politician, who sat in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party caucus, she represented the electoral dist ...

when he ran for reelection in 1991. Hopfner was found guilty of fraud in for his actions in the Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative scandal of the 1980s and was sentenced to 18 months in jail and ordered to pay $56,000 in restitution.

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* 1941 births 2009 deaths Mayors of places in Saskatchewan People from Humboldt, Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan MLAs Canadian politicians convicted of fraud Corruption in Canada {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub