Political party Liberal Party Quebec Liberal Party | Role Politician Name Richard-Stanislas Cooke Resigned 1904 | |
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Preceded by Telesphore-Eusebe Normand Born January 23, 1850
Trois-Rivieres, Canada East ( 1850-01-23 ) Died July 10, 1924, Trois-Rivieres, Canada | ||
Succeeded by Joseph-Adolphe Tessier | ||
Richard-Stanislas Cooke (January 23, 1850 – July 10, 1924) was a politician from Quebec, Canada.
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Background
He was born on January 23, 1850 in Trois-Rivières, Mauricie. He was a lawyer. He was married to Marie-Sara-Henriette-Louise Lajoie in 1877 and to Florence Genest in 1889.
Mayor of Trois-Rivières
He was a Council member from 1880 to 1886 and from 1888 to 1889 and Mayor of Trois-Rivières from 1896 to 1898.
Member of the legislature
He ran as a Liberal candidate in the district of Trois-Rivières in the 1892 general election and the by-election held in that same year. Each time he lost.
He was elected in 1900, but did not run for re-election in 1904.
Retirement from Politics
Cooke was appointed judge in 1904. He died on July 10, 1924.
References
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