Robert Cooke (politician)
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Robert Gordon Cooke (29 May 1930 - 6 January 1987) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Cooke was educated at The Downs School, Wraxhall, Harrow School and Christ Church, Oxford. He served as a councillor on Bristol City Council 1954-57 and was a teacher of English at a Bristol public school.
Cooke contested Bristol South East in 1955. He was Member of Parliament for Bristol West from a 1957 by-election to 1979, preceding William Waldegrave. He introduced the Fatal Accidents Act, 1959.
[edit] References
- Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1955, 1966 & October 1974
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
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| Preceded by Walter Monckton |
Member of Parliament for Bristol West 1957–1979 |
Succeeded by William Waldegrave |
| Preceded by Peter Kirk |
Baby of the House 1957–1958 |
Succeeded by Basil de Ferranti |
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