About Robert Henry Pooley
Lived 1878 – 1954 (aged 75). Robert Henry Pooley was a Canadian politician.
Robert Henry Pooley (September 19, 1878 ) was a Canadian lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Esquimalt from 1912 to 1937 as a Conservative. Pooley was interim leader of the party from August 1924 to November 1926.
Biography Pooley was born in Esquimalt, the son of Charles Edward Pooley, and was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire, England. Pooley practiced law in Victoria from 1896. In 1904, he married Laura Loewen. Pooley was Leader of the Opposition in the assembly from 1924 to 1928. He served in the provincial cabinet as Attorney-General from August 1928 to November 1933. He also served as Minister of Public Works between July and September 1933. He did not seek an eighth term in the 1937 provincial election. Pooley died in Victoria at the age of 75.
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Canadian politician (1878-1954)
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Robert Henry Pooley was born on 19 September 1878 in Esquimalt.
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Robert Henry Pooley died on 23 June 1954 in British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia.
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