George Atwell Cooke (Cook) (1848 - April 1890)
[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230822725/george-atwell-cook] was an
Ontario
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lawyer and political figure. He represented
Oxford South
Oxford South was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.
In 1882, the South Riding of the co ...
in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by ...
from 1884 to 1886 as a
Liberal
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* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
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member.
He was born in
Norwich Township,
Oxford County, the son of doctor
Ephraim Cook
Ephraim Cook (June 14, 1803 – December 28, 1881) was a physician and political figure in Canada West.
He was born in Hadley, Massachusetts in 1803, the son of John Cook, a local farmer. He studied medicine at Boston and moved to St. Thomas, Up ...
, who came to
Upper Canada
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from Massachusetts in 1830. He was called to the bar in 1876. Cooke was elected to the provincial assembly in an 1884 by-election held after
Adam Crooks retired from politics.
References
External links
''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1885'' JA Gemmill*
Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
Canadian people of American descent
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