{"aliases":[],"awards":[],"biography_summary":"Alanson Cooke (September 23, 1811 \u2013 April 28, 1904) was a Canadian businessman and political figure. He was born in L'Orignal, Upper Canada in 1811, the son of an American-born lumber merchant. He took over his father's business around 1837. He was agent for the seigneury of Petite-Nation and managed the sawmill there; Cooke later became owner of the sawmill. He served in the local militia, becoming lieutenant-colonel in 1860. In 1845, he became a member of the municipal council for Petite-Nation. In 1854, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for the County of Ottawa. He was mayor of Saint-Andr\u00e9-Avellin from 1862 to 1864 and also served as a member of the council for Ottawa County. He died at Hintonburg (later part of Ottawa) in 1904 and was buried at Papineauville, Quebec.","birth_date":"1811-09-23","birth_place":"L'Orignal","birth_place_coordinates":{"latitude":45.6194,"longitude":-74.6917},"birth_place_wikidata_id":"Q3204697","birth_place_wikidata_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3204697","canonical_name":"Alanson Cooke","canonical_url":"https://ko.instaget.online/people/981aefc7de416d16be6d4cc9","citizenships":["Canada"],"death_date":"1904-04-28","description":"Canadian politician (1811-1904)","external_ids":{},"full_name":"Alanson Cooke","height_cm":null,"names":{"aliases":[],"birth":[],"native":[],"official":[]},"native_name":null,"notable_works":[],"occupations":["politician"],"official_websites":[],"photo":null,"profile_url":"https://ko.instaget.online/people/981aefc7de416d16be6d4cc9","provenance":{"catalog":"wikidata_wikipedia","fetched_at":"2026-08-29T07:15:16Z","social_archives_included":false,"source_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4708283"},"public_hash":"981aefc7de416d16be6d4cc9","schema_version":"1.1","socials":{},"tags":[{"key":"category:politics-and-public-service","label":"Politics and public service","type":"category"},{"key":"occupation:politician","label":"politician","type":"occupation"},{"key":"country:l'orignal","label":"L'Orignal","type":"country"},{"key":"citizenship:canada","label":"Canada","type":"citizenship"}],"wikidata_id":"Q4708283","wikidata_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4708283","wikipedia_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alanson_Cooke"}