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Gary Richard Korpan is the former mayor of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.
One of the longest serving mayors of the city, Korpan was first elected in the 1993 British Columbia Municipal Election, defeating incumbent Joy Leach, and re-elected in 1996, 1999, 2002, and 2005. He finished a distant third place in the 2008 election behind city councilor Diane Brennan and local businessman John Ruttan who replaced him as mayor on January, 2009. He ran unsuccessfully for the BC Liberal Party in the 1996 British Columbia general election. In 2011 he ran for a seat on Nanaimo City Council but placed 15th in the race for eight seats.
On April 18, 2008 Korpan filed a lawsuit against local business owner Angela Negrin and Tony Parkin for allegedly displaying defamatory bumper stickers which read "Free Nanaimo from Koruption". Korpan claims the stickers, which have been circulating in Nanaimo for over a year, allege he is corrupt.
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