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About Joseph Peter Cooke
- Joseph Peter Cooke (May 18, 1858 – July 28, 1913) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec.
- He represented Drummond in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1892 to 1897 as a Conservative. He was born in Drummondville, Canada East, the son of John Valentine Cooke and Mary Anne Faulker, and was educated at the Collège Saint-François in Richmond and McGill University.
- In 1880, he married Helen Grace Burnett.
- Cooke was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1881 and practised in Drummondville and later Montreal.
- In 1899, he was named Queen's Counsel.
- Cooke was defeated when he ran for election in Montréal division no.4 as a Liberal in 1897.
- He was lieutenant-colonel in the Fusiliers du Prince-de-Galles.
- Cooke was registrar for West Montreal from 1907 until his death in Montreal in 1913 at the age of 55.
- He was buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery.
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