Thomas Hook (November 11, 1860 – January 2, 1927) was an

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real estate agent and political figure. He represented Toronto Southeast in the

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from 1914 to 1919 as a

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member. He was born in Bristol,

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and came to

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with his family around 1867. They settled in

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, where his father established himself as a building contractor. Hook worked for the Dominion Savings and Investment Company and then moved to

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, where he entered the real estate business. He died January 2, 1927, in Toronto after a long illness."THOMAS HOOK PASSES AFTER YEAR'S ILLNESS: Former Member of Ontario Legislature Dies at Home", The Globe (1844-1936); Jan 3, 1927; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail (1844-2009) pg. 39

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* * English emigrants to Canada Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs 1860 births 1927 deaths 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub