Simon S. Cook
Simon S. Cook | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
| In office 1867–1874 | |
| Preceded by | Riding established |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Broder |
| Constituency | Dundas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 15, 1831 Williamsburgh, Dundas County, Upper Canada |
| Died | May 15, 1892 (aged 60) Merchant |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Relations | James William, brother Hermon Henry, brother |
Simon Sephrenus Cook (September 15, 1831 – May 15, 1892) represented Dundas in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1874.
He was born in Williamsburgh in Dundas County in Upper Canada in 1831 and educated at the Potsdam Academy in Potsdam, New York. He lived in Morrisburg and was involved in the timber trade. In 1881, he was appointed registrar for the county. His brother James William represented Dundas in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and his brother Hermon Henry served in both the federal and provincial legislatures.
Electoral history[edit]
| 1867 Ontario general election: Dundas | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Simon S. Cook | 1,162 | 53.57 | |||||
| Conservative | Mr. Doran | 1,007 | 46.43 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,169 | 79.42 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,731 | |||||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[1] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election: Dundas | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Simon S. Cook | 1,216 | 56.09 | +2.52 | ||||
| Conservative | Mr. McDonald | 952 | 43.91 | −2.52 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,168 | 76.28 | −3.14 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 2,842 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.52 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election: Dundas | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Andrew Broder | 1,458 | 51.67 | +7.75 | ||||
| Liberal | Simon S. Cook | 1,364 | 48.33 | −7.75 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,822 | 74.99 | −1.29 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,763 | |||||||
| Election voided | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
External links[edit]
- Simon S. Cook – Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history (archive)
- Carter, J. Smyth (1905). The Story of Dundas: being a History of the County of Dundas from 1784 to 1904. Iroquois, Ontario: The St. Lawrence News Publishing House. p. 218.
- Rose, Geo. Maclean, ed. (1886). A Cyclopæedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time. Toronto: Rose Publishing Co. p. 661.
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