Robert Milton McCool

Robert Milton McCool
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
June 28, 1926 – August 22, 1935
Preceded byAlexander Moore
Succeeded byWilliam King
ConstituencyCochrane
Personal details
BornAugust 30, 1893
Pilot Mound, Manitoba
DiedJune 22, 1988(1988-06-22) (aged 94)
Alberta, Canada
Political partyUnited Farmers
SpouseIrene Phillips
Occupationfarmer and agent

Robert Milton McCool (August 30, 1893 – June 22, 1988) was a Canadian provincial level politician from Alberta. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the electoral district of Cochrane from 1926 to 1935.[1]

Early life

Robert Milton McCool was born on August 30, 1893, at Pilot Mound, Manitoba, to James McCool and Catherine Lavina McCool (née McGee).[2] He was educated at Crossfield, Alberta and married Irene Phillips on August 2, 1924.[2]

Political career

McCool ran a seat in the Alberta Legislature in 1926 Alberta general election. 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 United Farmers of Alberta.[3]

The following election in 1930, 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.[4] Laut would get defeated running for a third term in office in the 1935 Alberta general election by Social Credit candidate William King.[5]

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.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ Mardon, Austin Albert (2010). Alberta's Political Pioneers: A Biographical Account of the United Farmers of Alberta. ISBN 9781897472125.
  2. ^ a b Normandin, A. L., ed. (1935). "The Canadian Parliamentary Guide". The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien. Ottawa: Mortimer Company Ltd.: 374. ISSN 0315-6168. OCLC 893686591. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  3. ^ "Cochrane results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  4. ^ "Cochrane results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  5. ^ "Cochrane results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  6. ^ Carter, David J. (February 17, 1989). "Prayers" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. p. 1.
  7. ^ "Robert Milton McCool". United Farmers Historical Society Archives. Retrieved February 18, 2021.


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