Ken Epp

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1939–2022)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Ken Epp

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| parliament = Canadian

| riding = Edmonton—Sherwood Park
{{small|(Elk Island; 1993–2004)}}

| term_start = October 25, 1993

| term_end = October 14, 2008

| predecessor = Brian O'Kurley

| successor = Tim Uppal

| birth_name = Marvin Kenneth Epp

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|05|11}}

| birth_place = Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|02|20|1939|05|11}}

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| party = Conservative

| otherparty = Reform (1993–2000)
Canadian Alliance (2000–2003)

| spouse = {{marriage|Betty Klassen|1961|2019|end=d.}}

| residence = Sherwood Park, Alberta

| profession = Teacher

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Marvin Kenneth Epp (May 11, 1939 – February 20, 2022) was a Canadian politician.

Epp was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Edmonton—Sherwood Park since its creation in June 2004. He was previously the MP for Elk Island from 1993 to 2004. He has also been a member of the Canadian Alliance (2000-2003) and the Reform Party of Canada (1993-2000). Epp was a former mathematics instructor at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton.

Epp did not run in the 2008 federal election, having announced his intention to retire on August 17, 2006.[http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/cityplus/story.html?id=d2b9dd9e-6b5a-4e6f-a35f-faa3a1a32dda&k=50425 Thirteen years long enough for MP Ken Epp] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311080825/http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/cityplus/story.html?id=d2b9dd9e-6b5a-4e6f-a35f-faa3a1a32dda&k=50425 |date=2007-03-11 }} (Edmonton Journal - August 18, 2006)

Epp died on February 20, 2022, at the age of 82.[https://www.trinityfuneralhome.ca/obituary/marvin-kenneth-epp/ Marvin Kenneth Epp obituary]

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