Alanson Cooke (September 23, 1811 – April 28, 1904) was a Canadian businessman and political figure. He was born in L'Orignal, Upper Canada in 1811, the son of an American-born lumber merchant. He took over his father's business around 1837. He was agent for the seigneury of Petite-Nation and managed the sawmill there; Cooke later became owner of the sawmill. He served in the local militia, becoming lieutenant-colonel in 1860. In 1845, he became a member of the municipal council for Petite-Nation. In 1854, he was elected to the

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for the County of Ottawa. He was mayor of Saint-André-Avellin from 1862 to 1864 and also served as a member of the council for Ottawa County. He died at

Hintonburg Hintonburg is a neighbourhood in Kitchissippi Ward in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located west of the Downtown core. It is a historically working-class, predominantly residential neighbourhood, with a commercial strip located along Wellington Street ...

(later part of

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) in 1904 and was buried at

Papineauville, Quebec Papineauville is a town and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Papineau Regional County Municipality. In 2001 its population was 2247. The municipality is bordered on the north side by the Petite-Nation ...

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''The Canadian men and women of the time : a handbook of Canadian biography'', HJ Morgan
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cooke, Alanson 1811 births 1904 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East Mayors of places in Quebec Canadian people of American descent Burials in Quebec