Ernie Epp
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Ernie Epp
OR:
Ernie Epp on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Abram Ernest (Ernie) Epp (born September 28, 1941) is a
Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...
historian and former politician. Currently a professor of Canadian and environmental history at Lakehead University in
Thunder Bay Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario. Its population i ...
,
Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...
, he represented the electoral district of Thunder Bay—Nipigon in the
House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada () is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Monarchy of Canada#Parliament (King-in-Parliament), Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of Ca ...
from 1984 to 1988 as a member of the
New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party (NDP; , ) is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,The party is widely described as social democratic: * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Editors of ''Encyclopædia Britann ...
. He defeated Liberal incumbent Jack Masters in the
1984 Canadian federal election The 1984 Canadian federal election was held on September 4, 1984, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons of the 33rd Canadian Parliament, 33rd Parliament of Canada, following the dissolution of the House on July 9. ...
to represent the seat and lost it to Liberal challenger Joe Comuzzi in 1988. As a historian, his publications include ''From Rivalry to Unity: A History of Thunder Bay'' (1995) and ''The North American Fur Trade: Pivotal Interpretations'' (1995). Epp was born in
Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg h ...
,
Manitoba Manitoba is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population ...
, Canada.


External links


Lakehead University Profile Page
* 1941 births 20th-century Canadian historians Canadian male non-fiction writers Academic staff of Lakehead University Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario New Democratic Party MPs Politicians from Thunder Bay Politicians from Winnipeg Writers from Winnipeg Writers from Thunder Bay Canadian Mennonites Mennonite writers 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Ontario-MP-stub