Bohdan "Bud" Zip (March 5, 1929 – April 19, 2017) was a politician from

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, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1986.

Early life

Bohdan Zip was born in 1929 in the community of Yellow Creek,

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Ukrainian community

Bohdan was actively involved in

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'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

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for

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for the

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. He retired after serving one term as a back bench member. Zip died in Calgary in 2017 at the age of 88.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members ListingBuild New Center For Ukrainians In Calgary, The Ukrainian Weekly, December 26, 1976, No. 255, Vol. LXXXIII
1929 births 2017 deaths Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs Canadian people of Ukrainian descent {{Alberta-politician-stub