Abram Ernest (Ernie) Epp (born September 28, 1941) is a

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historian and former politician. Currently a professor of Canadian and environmental history at

Lakehead University Lakehead University is a public research university with campuses in Thunder Bay and Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Lakehead University, shortened to 'Lakehead U', is non-denominational and provincially supported. It has undergraduate programs, gradua ...

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 ...

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, he represented the electoral district of Thunder Bay—Nipigon in the House of Commons of Canada from 1984 to 1988 as a member of the New Democratic Party. He defeated

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incumbent

Jack Masters John Gerald (Jack) Masters (born ''John Gerald Mastrangelo''; 27 September 1931) is a former Canadian politician. He served as mayor of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and as a federal Member of Parliament. He was born in Fort William, Ontari ...

in the

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to represent the seat and lost it to Liberal challenger Joe Comuzzi in

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. 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

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, 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 {{Ontario-MP-stub