Richard Marpole (1850 in

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– 8 June 1920, in

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, Canada) was General Superintendent with the

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Pacific Division in

. In the 1907 Voter's List he is noted as living at the corner of Hastings and Hornby Streets in Vancouver. He directed the CPR interests during the Mission robbery investigation. At the time of his death, he was in

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with his private railway car to monitor the pursuit and the trial of robbers. The community

Marpole Marpole, originally a Musqueam village named , is a mostly residential neighbourhood of 23,832 in 2011, located on the southern edge of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, immediately northeast of Vancouver International Airport, and is approx ...

, located in Vancouver South, is named after him.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marpole, Richard Canadian Pacific Railway people 1850 births 1920 deaths British emigrants to Canada