Rufus Henry Pope (September 13, 1857 – May 16, 1944) was a

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politician. Born in Cookshire, Canada East, the son of

John Henry Pope John Henry Pope, (19 December 1819 – 1 April 1889) was a Canadian farmer, lumberman, railway entrepreneur, and politician. Born in Eaton Township, Lower Canada (now Quebec), the son of John Pope and Sophia Laberee, he served with the lo ...

, Pope was educated at the Cookshire Academy, Sherbrooke High School and McGill College Law School. He was a farmer and breeder of thoroughbred cattle. He was first elected to the

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for the electoral district of Compton in an 1889 by-election called to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father. A

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, he was re-elected in

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, and

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. He was defeated in

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, in a 1906 by-election, and in

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. He was called to the

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representing the

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of Bedford, Quebec on the advice of

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in 1911. He served until his death in 1944 at his home in Cookshire.

Electoral record

By-election: On Mr. Pope's death, 1 April 1889 By-election: On election being declared void, Nov. 22, 1905

References

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