Bohdan "Bud" Zip is a former politician from Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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. 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

Yellow Creek, Saskatchewan

The organized hamlet of Yellow Creek is located in the parkland area of east central Saskatchewan north east of Wakaw, Saskatchewan and has a population of 45 people. It previously held the status of village. It is named after the creek that flows through it. The area consists mostly of Ukrainian...

, Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

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Ukrainian community

Bohdan was big in Calgary'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

Alberta general election, 1982

The Alberta general election of 1982 was the twentieth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on November 2, 1982 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

 Bohdan was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Legislative Assembly of Alberta

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 for Calgary Mountain View

Calgary Mountain View

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 for the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta

Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta

The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...

. He retired after serving one term as a back bench member.

External links

• Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
• Build New Center For Ukrainians In Calgary, The Ukrainian Weekly, December 26, 1976, No. 255, Vol. LXXXIII