Richard-Stanislas Cooke
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Richard-Stanislas Cooke was a politician from Quebec, Canada. [1]
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Mayor of Trois-Rivières
He was a Councilmember from 1880 to 1886 and from 1888 to 1889 and Mayor of Trois-Rivières from 1896 to 1898.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Retirement from Politics
Cooke was appointed judge in 1904. He died on July 10, 1924.
[edit] Footnotes
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| Preceded by Philippe-Elisée Panneton |
Mayor of Trois-Rivières 1896-1898 |
Succeeded by Arthur Olivier |
| National Assembly of Quebec | ||
| Preceded by Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand, Conservative |
MLA, District of Trois-Rivières 1900–1904 |
Succeeded by Joseph-Adolphe Tessier, Liberal |
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