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♂ Herbert A. Epp
aliasHerbert A. Epp
Record
18752 · 3137

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Ontario 4 0 4
Total 4 1 5
Birth 31 August 1934 → 89 years + 8 months ago
Lived 78 years + 5 months
First mandate 9 June 1977 → 46 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 9 months
Death 25 February 2013 → 11 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 5 months after 5 September 1990
Special notes
None
 
Herbert A. Epp (1934–2013)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 13 2 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ S.M. (Max) Saltsman  m 
 		 ⊕ Elizabeth Witmer  f 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 44,801 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10032(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
33
LIB
 2/4 14,835 33.11% -396 Winner:
NDP
 15,231 34.00% S.M. (Max) Saltsman
Eligible: 44,263 Votes: 27,514 Participation: 62.16% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12148(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 13,556 49.43% +5,540 Loser:
PC
 8,016 29.23% Robert Gramlow

Service: 3 years 9 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 50,164 Votes: 26,237 Participation: 52.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12274(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/3 12,843 49.17% +3,237 Loser:
PC
 9,606 36.78% Robert Labbett

Service: 4 years 1 month 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 51,611 Votes: 30,348 Participation: 58.80% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
 LIB  26 Jun 1985
ID: 12399(F) — 6 Jul 2023 22:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/3 16,458 54.60% +7,309 Loser:
PC
 9,149 30.35% Lynne Woolstencroft
After his election:
26 Jun 1985 50
PC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 2 years 4 months 7 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 56,714 Votes: 32,282 Participation: 56.92% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5672(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/4 16,792 52.35% +8,111 Loser:
PC
 8,681 27.06% Elizabeth Witmer

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 63,450 Votes: 39,355 Participation: 62.03% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
35		 Ontario
6 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 5542(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
PC
 14,552 37.43% Elizabeth Witmer

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Herbert Arnold Epp		 24 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Herbert Arnold Epp		 24 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Herb Epp		 24 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Herb Epp		 24 Feb 2024

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