John Cobb (Manitoba politician)

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John G. Cobb (died August 21, 1959) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1959, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.

Cobb was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1958 provincial election, defeating Liberal-Progressive candidate John McRae by forty votes in the rural, southwestern riding of Arthur. He was re-elected in the 1959 election, defeated McCrae by a greater margin.

Cobb was a backbench supporter of Dufferin Roblin's government during his time in the legislature. He died three months and seven days after the 1959 campaign.