Kathryn Lapp is a 2023 Candidate for MLA in the riding of Calgary-Cross for the Solidarity Movement of Alberta.

Kathryn is a retired symphony violinist who has performed on many of the great stages of Canada and the US, including special performances for the Calgary Olympics and for the Queen. With that level of excellence, she has learned the importance of attention to detail and preparation for any project. She has run her own music teaching business for 52 years, which recently expanded into the US with international online students. And with a passion for researching natural health, she has maintained a nutraceutical products distributorship in Canada and the US for 10 years. She has been married to her husband Arthur, a teacher, for 46 years, with whom they have six grown children, and 21 grandchildren. She home-schools and teaches music to many of her grandchildren.

Kathryn was born in the US into a large politically-minded Christian family, where nightly dinner discussions focused around faith, family, and freedom, as viewed through the lens of history, since her father was an avid history buff and WWII veteran. She lived vividly through many eras - terrifying nuclear drills where her class hid under their desks in the "cold war", Eisenhower's famous parting speech, the Bay of Pigs scare, JFK's heart-breaking assassination, Vietnam protests at her high school, her brother playing "Taps" on trumpet regularly for the young men coming home from 'Nam in caskets, Nixon's Watergate, and was part of the Jesus Revolution in the 70's. For several years, she studied the books of Ludwig von Mises and Ayn Rand, from whom she grew to appreciate the benefits of true free-market capitalism, and thinking and taking responsibility for yourself. She received her Bachelor degree in Arts, magna cum laude, from the University of Cincinnati.

Kathryn immigrated to Canada in 1975 to play violin professionally in the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra (Ontario), where she met and married her husband Arthur. They moved to Calgary in 1982 where Kathryn played violin in the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. They raised their six children in the NE Calgary community of Rundle, where the children participated in sports, attended local schools, and performed with the Young Canadians of the Calgary Stampede. For eight years, she hosted in her home and cooked dinners for countless international students coming from many countries to Calgary to learn English, so she was able to gain great understanding of various cultures.

After Kathryn became a Canadian citizen in 1994, she dedicated herself to become an active volunteer in countless political campaigns, and served on the board for MP Deepak Obhrai. Through the years, she never left her passion for good government, witnessing various leaders come and go, making and many times breaking their promises, and trampling on the individual rights which are supposed to be protected by our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Her heart broke and grieved for the people who became casualties from the fraud and deception in various government and media entities. When the opportunity recently became available to her to run for MLA with the Solidarity Movement, she jumped at the chance to be part of a movement which resonated deeply with her, and to work to protect the rights of Canadians. She hopes to bring a fresh vital viewpoint to current discussion topics in Alberta, and serve the people of Calgary-Cross with a listening ear and an open door to their concerns.