Ephraim Cook (June 14, 1803 – December 28, 1881) was a physician and political figure in

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. He was born in Hadley, Massachusetts in 1803, the son of John Cook, a local farmer. He studied medicine at

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and moved to St. Thomas,

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in 1830, where he continued his studies. Cook qualified to practice in 1831. He set up practice in Oxford County near the site of the village of

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. He also served as postmaster. In 1834, he married Phoebe English. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for South Oxford in 1854 and served until 1857. Cook was also manager of a local bank and a director of the Port Dover and Lake Huron Railroad. His son

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was a lawyer and later served in the provincial assembly.

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''The Canadian biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men ...'' (1880)''The Medical profession in Upper Canada, 1783-1850 ...'', W Canniff (1894)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cook, Ephraim 1803 births 1881 deaths People from Hadley, Massachusetts American emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada West 19th-century Canadian physicians