Richard-Stanislas Cooke

Richard-Stanislas Cooke
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Trois-Rivières
In office 1900–1904
Preceded by	Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand
Succeeded by	Joseph-Adolphe Tessier
Personal details
Born	(1850-01-23)January 23, 1850 Trois-Rivières, Canada East
Died	July 10, 1924(1924-07-10) (aged 74) Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Political party	Liberal

Richard-Stanislas Cooke (January 23, 1850 – July 10, 1924) was a politician from Quebec, Canada.[1]

Background

He was born on January 23, 1850, in Trois-Rivières, Mauricie. He was a lawyer. He was married to Marie-Sara-Henriette-Louise Lajoie in 1877 and to Florence Genest in 1889.

Mayor of Trois-Rivières

He was a Council member from 1880 to 1886 and from 1888 to 1889 and Mayor of Trois-Rivières from 1896 to 1898.

Member of the legislature

He ran as a Liberal candidate in the district of Trois-Rivières in the 1892 general election and the by-election held in that same year. Each time he lost.

He was elected in 1900, but did not run for re-election in 1904.

Retirement from Politics

Cooke was appointed judge in 1904. He died on July 10, 1924.

References

1. "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.

Political offices
Preceded by Philippe-Elisée Panneton	Mayor of Trois-Rivières 1896-1898	Succeeded by Arthur Olivier