Simon Sephrenus Cook represented Dundas

Dundas (electoral district)

Dundas was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.It consisted initially of Dundas County...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1874.

He was born in Williamsburgh in Dundas County

Dundas County, Ontario

Dundas County is a county in the Canadian province of Ontario.Dundas was created in 1792 by the area's first settlers: German Loyalists who had fought with Sir John Johnson in the American Revolutionary War. The settlers, descendants of the Palatine immigrants to America in 1710, had immigrated to...

 in Upper Canada

Upper Canada

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 in 1831 and educated at the Potsdam Academy in Potsdam, New York

Potsdam (village), New York

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. He lived in Morrisburg and was involved in the timber trade. In 1881, he was appointed registrar for the county. His brother James William

James William Cook

James William Cook was a lumber merchant and political figure in Canada West.He was born in Williamsburgh Township in Upper Canada in 1820. His family operated a timber business along the South Nation and Castor Rivers in the eastern part of the province. The firm's main office was situated in...

 represented Dundas in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

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 and his brother Hermon Henry

Hermon Henry Cook

Hermon Henry Cook was an Ontario lumber merchant and political figure. He represented Simcoe North in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1872 to 1878 and Simcoe East from 1882 to 1891...

served in both the federal and provincial legislatures.