Richard Clive Cooper | |
Birth Date: | 31 December 1881 |
Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
Death Place: | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
Spouse: | Dorothy Mary Cooper |
Riding: | Vancouver South |
Predecessor: | none, first member |
Successor: | Leon Johnson Ladner |
Term Start: | 1917 |
Term End: | 1921 |
Profession: | soldier |
Party: | Unionist |
Richard Clive Cooper (December 31, 1881 - March 10, 1940) was an Irish-Canadian soldier and Unionist politician. Cooper served in the First Matabele War and the Boer War. In 1914 he was assigned to serve overseas as a Major in the 7th Battalion, 1st Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Cooper represented Vancouver South in the House of Commons from 1917 to 1921.[1]