James Kenneth Jepson (8 April 1942 – 29 November 1989) was a
Progressive Conservative party member of the
House of Commons of Canada. He was born in
Hamilton, Ontario
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and became a businessman by career.
He was elected at the
London East
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electoral district in the
1984 federal election, thus he served in the
33rd Canadian Parliament. Jepson was defeated in London East in the
1988 federal election by
Joe Fontana
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of the
Liberal party
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. Barely a year after this very narrow loss, Jepson died aged 47 of
heart failure.
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1942 births
1989 deaths
Businesspeople from Ontario
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Politicians from Hamilton, Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
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