Rufus Henry Pope

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{More footnotes needed|date=November 2021}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Hon. | name = Rufus Henry Pope | image = Rufus Henry Pope.jpg | term_start = November 14, 1911 | term_end = May 16, 1944 | birth_date = {{birth date|1857|09|13}} | birth_place = Cookshire, Canada East | death_date = {{death date and age|1944|05|16|1857|09|13}} | death_place = Cookshire, Quebec | profession = | party = Conservative | office = Senator for Bedford, Quebec | predecessor = George Barnard Baker | successor = Jacob Nicol | appointer = Robert Borden | constituency_MP2 = Compton | parliament2 = Canadian | predecessor2 = John Henry Pope | successor2 = Aylmer Byron Hunt | term_start2 = 1889 | term_end2 = 1904 | cabinet = | portfolio = | footnotes = | spouse = | relations = John Henry Pope, father | children = }} '''Rufus Henry Pope''' (September 13, 1857 – May 16, 1944) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Cookshire, Canada East, the son of John Henry Pope, Pope was educated at the Cookshire Academy, Sherbrooke High School and McGill College Law School. He was a farmer and breeder of thoroughbred cattle. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Compton in an 1889 by-election called to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1891, 1896, and 1900. He was defeated in 1904, in a 1906 by-election, and in 1908. He was called to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Bedford, Quebec on the advice of Robert Borden in 1911. He served until his death in 1944 at his home in Cookshire.<ref>{{cite news |title=Senator R. H. Pope dies in 87th year |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32539403/senator-rufus-pope-death/ |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |date=May 17, 1944 |page=14 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=November 24, 2021 }}</ref>

== Electoral record == By-election: On Mr. Pope's death, 1 April 1889

{{CanElec1-by|16 May 1889}} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Rufus Henry Pope| acclaimed}} {{end}} {{1891 Canadian federal election/Compton}} {{1896 Canadian federal election/Compton}} {{1900 Canadian federal election/Compton}} {{1904 Canadian federal election/Compton}} By-election: On election being declared void, Nov. 22, 1905

{{CanElec1-by|4 January 1906}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Aylmer Byron Hunt| 2,935}} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Rufus Henry Pope|2,585}} {{end}} {{1908 Canadian federal election/Compton}}

==References== {{reflist}} * {{cite book|title=Personnel of the Senate and House of Commons, eighth Parliament of Canada, elected June 23, 1896|year=1898|publisher=Montreal, Lovell |url=https://archive.org/details/personnelofsenat00montuoft}} * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=5617}}

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