Edward Philip "EP" Leacock (December 28, 1853 – 1927[1]) 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.
[1] Leacock ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Manitoba assembly in 1879[2] and then was elected in an 1882 by-election held after Stephen Clement was named sheriff.