Editing Ken Epp

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1939–2022)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = 
| name             = Ken Epp
| honorific-suffix = 
| image            =
| parliament       = Canadian
| riding           = [[Edmonton—Sherwood Park (federal electoral district)|Edmonton—Sherwood Park]]<br />{{small|([[Elk Island (electoral district)|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}}
| death_place      =
| party            = [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]]
| otherparty       = [[Reform Party of Canada|Reform]] (1993–2000)<br />[[Canadian Alliance]] (2000–2003)
| spouse           = {{marriage|Betty Klassen|1961|2019|end=d.}}
| residence        = [[Sherwood Park]], [[Alberta]]
| profession       = Teacher
}}

'''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 (federal electoral district)|Edmonton—Sherwood Park]] since its creation in June 2004. He was previously the MP for [[Elk Island (electoral district)|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 [[40th Canadian federal election|the 2008 federal election]], having announced his intention to retire on August 17, 2006.<ref>[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)</ref>

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

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071130062928/http://parl.howdtheyvote.ca/39-1/members/99 How'd They Vote?: Ken Epp's voting history and quotes]
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=8996}}

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[[Category:1939 births]]
[[Category:2022 deaths]]
[[Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]
[[Category:Canadian Alliance MPs]]
[[Category:Conservative Party of Canada MPs]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta]]
[[Category:People from Sherwood Park]]
[[Category:People from Swift Current]]
[[Category:Reform Party of Canada MPs]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]