About Rufus Henry Pope
Lived 1857 – 1944 (aged 86). Rufus Henry Pope was a Canadian politician, farmer and rancher.
Rufus Henry Pope (September 13, 1857 – May 16, 1944) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Cookshire, Canada East, the son of John Henry Pope, 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 House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Compton in an 1889 by-election called to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1891, 1896, and 1900. He was defeated in 1904, in a 1906 by-election, and in 1908. He was called to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Bedford, Quebec on the advice of Robert Borden 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
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Canadian politician (1857–1944)
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Rufus Henry Pope was born on 13 September 1857 in Cookshire-Eaton.
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Rufus Henry Pope died on 16 May 1944 in Cookshire-Eaton, Quebec.
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Rufus Henry Pope was a politician, farmer and rancher.
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