John Henry Pope, PC

Queen's Privy Council for Canada

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 (December 19, 1824 – April 1, 1889) was a Canadian

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 farmer, lumberman, railway entrepreneur, and politician.

Born in Eaton Township, Lower Canada

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 (now Quebec

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), the son of John Pope and Sophia Laberee, he served with the local militia during the Lower Canada Rebellion

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 of 1837 and opposed those who supported annexation of Eastern Townships

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 to the United States

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.

He represented Compton County in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

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 from 1857 to 1867 and was elected to the 1st Canadian Parliament

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 in 1867

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 representing the riding of Compton

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  as a member of the Liberal-Conservative Party

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. He was the Minister of Agriculture

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 and the Minister of Railways and Canals

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. He served until his death in 1889. His son, Rufus Henry

Rufus Henry Pope

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, took his seat after his death.