Background
He was born in Horodenka in Western Ukraine and came to Canada with his family in 1906.
He was born in Horodenka in Western Ukraine and came to Canada with his family in 1906.
He represented Redberry from 1952 to 1956 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Company-operative Commonwealth Federation (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) member. The family settled on a homestead near Hafford, Saskatchewan. Zipchen was educated in rural schools and at the University of Saskatchewan.
Besides farming, Zipchen also worked as a weed inspector and as an auctioneer.
He also worked at the local Liquor Board store and operated a farm implement business. Zipchen served on the town council for Hafford and was reeve for the Rural Municipality of Redberry.
Zipchen was defeated by Bernard Leo Korchinski when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1956.
He was also chairman of the Hafford Union Hospital Board and a founding member of the Hafford Company-op Association and the Hafford Cr Union.