Robert Milton McCool (August 30, 1893 – June 22, 1988) was a Canadian provincial level politician from

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. He served as a member of the

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for the electoral district of

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from 1926 to 1935.

Early life

Robert Milton McCool was born on August 30, 1893, at

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, to James McCool and Catherine Lavina McCool (née McGee). He was educated at Crossfield, Alberta and married Irene Phillips on August 2, 1924.

Political career

McCool ran a seat in the Alberta Legislature in

1926 Alberta general election The 1926 Alberta general election was held on June 28, 1926, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The United Farmers of Alberta government that had first been elected in 1921 was re-elected, taking a majority of the seats in t ...

. He won a hotly contested three-way race that saw him elected on the second count in the Cochrane electoral district to hold the seat for the governing

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. The following election in

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, McCool would run against Liberal candidate William Laut for the second time in a straight fight for the district. He would be re-elected by a margin of 12 votes. Laut would get defeated running for a third term in office in the

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by Social Credit candidate

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. After his defeat, McCool retired from public service and in 1953 became the manager of the first UFA Cooperative Farm Supply Store in Calgary. He died on June 22, 1988.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
1893 births 1988 deaths United Farmers of Alberta MLAs People from Pilot Mound, Manitoba {{Alberta-politician-stub