Gary Korpan

Gary Richard Korpan is the current 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 and re-elected in 1996, 1999, 2002, and 2005. He ran unsuccessfully for the BC Liberal Party in the British Columbia general election, 1996.

Lawsuit

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 year, allege he is corrupt.

[http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=dca8a5fe-9bc1-41a8-8b3f-2cc78bb8b255&k=88049 Vancouver Island mayor sues over bumper sticker]