Arthur Bliss Copp, was a Canadian

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 politician.

Born in Jolicure

Jolicure, New Brunswick

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, New Brunswick

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, to Joseph Harvey Copp and Frances Lydia Brennan. He was a lawyer before being elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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 in a 1901 by-election; he represented Westmorland County until 1912. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 for the New Brunswick riding of Westmorland

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 in a 1915 by-election

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. A Liberal

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, he was re-elected in 1917

Canadian federal election, 1917

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 and 1921

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. From 1921 to 1925, he was the Secretary of State of Canada. In 1925, he was called to the Canadian Senate

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representing the senatorial division of Westmorland, New Brunswick. He died in office in 1949. He is buried in the Sackville Rural Cemetery in Sackville, New Brunswick.