Fred Cook (politician)

Fred Cook

Mayor of Ottawa
In office 1902–1903
Preceded by	James Davidson
Succeeded by	James A. Ellis
Personal details
Born	1858 Leeds, England
Died	July 16, 1943 Ottawa

Fred Cook (1858 – July 16, 1943) was mayor of Ottawa, Canada, from 1902 to 1903.^[1]

He was born in Leeds, England, in 1858 and worked at the Montreal Star and the Toronto Mail (eventually merged with The Globe and Mail) before moving to Ottawa. Cook was also the Canadian correspondent for The Times, but was eventually dismissed because he was felt to be too partisan. He first served on city council in 1894.

He is buried in Beechwood Cemetery.

External links

Find-A-Grave profile for Fred Cook

References

↑ Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005)

Mayors of Ottawa

Bytown (1847–55)	J. Scott J. B. Lewis Hervey Sparrow R.W. Scott Turgeon Friel

Ottawa (1855–2001)	J. B. Lewis McGillivray Workman Friel Dickinson Lyon Rochester Martineau Featherston Lyon-Fellowes Waller Bangs Mackintosh St. Jean Bate McDougal Stewart Erratt Birkett Durocher Cox Borthwick Bingham Payment Morris Davidson Cook J. Ellis Hastey D. Scott Champagne Hopewell Hinchey J. Ellis McVeity Porter Fisher Plant Watters Balharrie A. Ellis Allen Nolan J. E. S. Lewis Bourque Goodwin Whitton Nelms Reid Fogarty Benoit Greenberg Dewar Durrell Laviolette Holzman Watson Higdon

Ottawa (2001 amalgamation – present)	Chiarelli O'Brien Watson

Preceded by James Davidson	Mayor of Ottawa 1902–1903	Succeeded by James A. Ellis

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