Derrek P. Konrad (born 12 December 1943 in

Brooks, Alberta Brooks is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the County of Newell. It is located on Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) and the Canadian Pacific Railway, approximately southeast of Calgary, and northwest of Medicine Hat. Th ...

) was a member of the

House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Common ...

from 1997 to 2000. He was elected to the

for the Prince Albert electoral district in the 1997 federal election. He was a member of the Reform party, later renamed the

Canadian Alliance The Canadian Alliance (french: Alliance canadienne), formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance (french: Alliance réformiste-conservatrice canadienne), was a centre-right to right-wing federal political party in Canada that existed u ...

. After serving in the

36th Canadian Parliament The 36th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 22, 1997, until October 22, 2000. The membership was set by the 1997 federal election on June 2, 1997, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dis ...

, he left federal politics after losing the riding's Canadian Alliance nomination to Brian Fitzpatrick for the 2000 federal election. One of the characteristics of his term was his adamant opposition to migration rights for First Nations People. He is quoted in ''Major Problems in American Indian History'' as having said "I can't for the life of me understand why they would need a special border crossing, unless they're beginning to see themselves as people with no border"Eileen Luna Firebaugh, 2015, ''Major Problems in American Indian History'', page 553.

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* 1943 births Canadian Alliance MPs 20th-century Canadian politicians Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan People from Brooks, Alberta Reform Party of Canada MPs {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub