Simon S. Cook Explained

Simon S. Cook
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1867
Term End1:1874
Predecessor1:Riding established
Successor1:Andrew Broder
Constituency1:Dundas
Party:Liberal
Birth Date:15 September 1831
Birth Place:Williamsburgh, Dundas County, Upper Canada
Death Place:Merchant
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.

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