Richard-Stanislas Cooke
Richard-Stanislas Cooke was a politician from Quebec, Canada.
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 [Party of Quebec|Liberal] candidate in the district of Trois-Rivières in the 1892 [Quebec general election|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.