Albert James Smith Copp

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Albert James Smith Copp
Member of the Canada Parliament
for Digby
In office
18961908
Preceded byEdward Charles Bowers
Succeeded byClarence Jameson
Personal details
Born(1866-12-19)December 19, 1866
Amherst, Nova Scotia
DiedOctober 8, 1912(1912-10-08) (aged 45)
NationalityBritish subject
Political partyLiberal

Albert James Smith Copp (December 19, 1866 –October 8, 1912) was a Canadian politician.[1]

Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia,[1] the son of Thomas Copp, Copp was educated in Amherst Academy, Dorchester and Sackville, New Brunswick. He was called to the Bar of Nova Scotia in 1879.[2] Copp practised law in Digby. He was a crown prosecutor for the County of Digby from 1887 to 1910. He served as Commercial Agent for Canada in Boston in 1910.[3] He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Digby in the general elections of 1896. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1900 and 1904. He was defeated in 1908.[1]

In 1881, he married Eliza Dennison.[3]

1900 Canadian federal election: Digby
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Albert James Smith Copp 1,923
Conservative J. Edgar Jones 1,418
1904 Canadian federal election: Digby
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Albert James Smith Copp 1,840
Conservative John Arthur Grinson 1,096
Independent Liberal C. Comeau 105
1908 Canadian federal election: Digby
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Clarence Jameson 1,771
Liberal Albert James Smith Copp 1,640

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Albert James Smith Copp – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904
  3. ^ a b Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.