Lindy Marian Kasperski (October 29, 1950 – April 18, 2014) was a

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politician, who represented the constituency of

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in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1995 to 2003.

History

First elected in the 1995 election, Kasperski was a member of the

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caucus until 2001, when he was suspended from the caucus after being charged with criminal

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. He was cleared of the charges in June 2003 and invited to rejoin the NDP caucus, but as he was facing a difficult nomination contest against four challengers in the redistricted constituency of

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, he opted not to rejoin the party. He ran as an

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candidate in the 2003 election, but lost to

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. He ran Kontakt Consulting, a media and communications consulting firm in Regina. He died suddenly on April 18, 2014.

References

1950 births Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs Independent MLAs in Saskatchewan Politicians from Regina, Saskatchewan Canadian people of Polish descent 2014 deaths 21st-century Canadian politicians {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub