Joan Cook

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Joan Cook (born October 6, 1934 in English Harbour West, Newfoundland) is a Canadian Senator for Newfoundland and Labrador.

In her working life, Cook was, variously, a businesswoman who served as vice-president of her family's automobile dealership, Cook and Jones Motors, an executive with CJON radio and television, and an executive with Robert Simpson Eastern Ltd.

Cook has also been heavily involved with charitable efforts, chairing fundraising campaigns for Newfoundland's branch of the Canadian Cancer Society.

She was appointed to the Senate by Governor General Roméo LeBlanc on March 6, 1998, on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and sits as a Liberal.

Preceded by
Gerald Ottenheimer, Progressive Conservative
Senators from Newfoundland & Labrador
1998-present
Succeeded by
incumbent