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Canadian politician
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Male
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Birth:
15 September 1831
Death:
15 May 1892
The details
Biography
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.