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Political party
  
Liberal

Party
  
Liberal Party of Canada

Died
  
September 27, 2004

Role
  
Member of Parliament

Name
  
Gerald Cobbe


Born
  
22 March 1927 Kenton, Manitoba (
1927-03-22
)

Profession
  
mechanical contractor and operator

Gerald Richard Joseph Cobbe (22 March 1927 – 27 September 2004) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a mechanical contractor and operator by career.

He was first elected at the Portage riding in the 1968 general election. After serving his only term, the 28th Canadian Parliament, Cobbe was defeated in the 1972 election by Peter Masniuk of the Progressive Conservative party.

From October 1971 to September 1972, Cobbe was Parliamentary Secretary to Jean-Pierre Côté, the Postmaster General of that time. He died in 2004 aged 77.

References

Gerald Cobbe Wikipedia