Arthur Bliss Copp Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Arthur Bliss Copp
Assembly1:New Brunswick Legislative
Constituency Am1:Westmorland
Term Start1:1901
Term End1:1912
Office2:Leader of the Opposition of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
Predecessor2:Clifford William Robinson
Successor2:Louis-Auguste Dugal
Term Start2:1912
Term End2:1912
Constituency Mp3:Westmorland
Parliament3:Canadian
Predecessor3:Henry Emmerson
Successor3:Otto Baird Price
Term Start3:1915
Term End3:1925
Office4:Secretary of State of Canada
Primeminister4:W. L. Mackenzie King
Term Start4:December 29, 1921
Term End4:September 24, 1925
Predecessor4:Rodolphe Monty
Successor4:Walter Edward Foster
Office5:Senator for Westmorland, New Brunswick
Nominator5:W. L. Mackenzie King
Appointed5:The Viscount Byng of Vimy
Term Start5:September 25, 1925
Term End5:December 5, 1949
Birth Date:July 10, 1870
Birth Place:Jolicure, New Brunswick, Canada
Nationality:Canadian
Party:Liberal Party of Canada
Otherparty:Liberal Party of New Brunswick

Arthur Bliss Copp (July 10, 1870 – December 5, 1949) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Jolicure, New Brunswick, to Joseph Harvey Copp and Frances Lydia Brennan. He was a lawyer before being elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in a 1901 by-election; he represented Westmorland County until 1912. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the New Brunswick riding of Westmorland in a 1915 by-election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1917 and 1921. From 1921 to 1925, he was the Secretary of State of Canada. In 1925, he was called to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Westmorland, New Brunswick. He died in office in 1949. He is buried in the Sackville Rural Cemetery in Sackville, New Brunswick.

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