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About Edward Leacock
- Edward Philip "EP" Leacock (December 28, 1853 – 1927) was an English-born confidence man, real estate speculator and political figure in Manitoba.
- He represented Birtle from 1882 to 1886 and Russell from 1886 to 1888 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative. He was born on the Isle of Wight and was the uncle of humorist Stephen Leacock.
- He was the subject of his nephew's 1942 essay My Remarkable Uncle.
- Leacock came to Canada in 1878 and arrived in Winnipeg the following year.
- In 1881, he married Georgina Eliza Vickers.Leacock ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Manitoba assembly in 1879 and then was elected in an 1882 by-election held after Stephen Clement was named sheriff.
- He was reelected in 1883 and 1886.
- Leacock was defeated when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1888.He retired to England in 1894, where he was known as "Colonel Leacock", a retired Northwest Mounted Police colonel.
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