Kenneth Robert Howard Paproski (January 17, 1931 – January 25, 2007) is a former provincial level politician and medical doctor from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1982.
Kenneth Robert Howard Paproski | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| In office August 30, 1971 – November 2, 1982 | |
| Preceded by | New District |
| Succeeded by | Carl Paproski |
| Constituency | Edmonton-Kingsway |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 17, 1931 |
| Died | January 25, 2007 (aged 76) |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Relatives | Steve Paproski Carl Paproski |
Early life
editPaproski graduated from the University of Alberta with a medical degree.
Political career
editPaproski ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1971 Alberta general election. He defeated Social Credit incumbent Ethel Wilson.[1] He ran for a second term in office in the 1975 Alberta general election. His majority was reduced but he defeated two other candidates with a comfortable margin.[2] He ran for a third term in the 1979 Alberta general election, in that election he defeated future New Democrat MLA Alex McEachern and former Social Credit national leader Martin Hattersley.[3] He retired at dissolution of the Assembly in 1982 and was replaced by his brother Carl Paproski.[4] His other brother Steve Paproski also served as a federal Member of Parliament from 1968 to 1993.[4]
Paproski returned to politics to run as an independent candidate in the 1989 Alberta Senate nominee election. He finished 5th out of 6th place winning 30,849 votes and taking 5% of the popular vote.[5]
Late life
editPaproski was awarded the Michael Luchkovich award for outstanding public service by a parliamentarian of Ukrainian origin in 2003.[6] Paproski died on January 25, 2007.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Edmonton-Kingsway results 1971". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
- ^ "Edmonton-Kingsway results 1975". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
- ^ "Edmonton-Kingsway results 1979". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
- ^ a b Andrea Sands (January 21, 2008). "School trustee a passionate children's advocate; Educator and counsellor Carl Paproski came from a highly political family". Edmonton Journal. p. A13.
- ^ "Summary of Results 1989–2004". Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ "Annual Report 2007" (PDF). UCC-APC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_26/session_3/20070308_1330_01_han.pdf (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. March 8, 2007. p. 7.
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