Rufus Henry Pope was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician.

Born in Cookshire, Canada East, the son of John Henry Pope

John Henry Pope

John Henry Pope, PC was a Canadian farmer, lumberman, railway entrepreneur, and politician.Born in Eaton Township, Lower Canada , the son of John Pope and Sophia Laberee, he served with the local militia during the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837 and opposed those who supported annexation of...

, 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 Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 for the electoral district of Compton

Compton (electoral district)

Compton was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1949, and again from 1968 to 1997.-History:...

 in a 1889 by-election called to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father. A Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

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, he was re-elected in 1891

Canadian federal election, 1891

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, 1896

Canadian federal election, 1896

The Canadian federal election of 1896 was held on June 23, 1896 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Canada. Though the Conservative Party won a plurality of the popular vote, the Liberal Party, led by Wilfrid Laurier, won the majority of seats to form the...

, and 1900

Canadian federal election, 1900

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. He was defeated in 1904

Canadian federal election, 1904

The Canadian federal election of 1904 was held on November 3 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Canada...

, in a 1906 by-election, and in 1908

Canadian federal election, 1908

The Canadian federal election of 1908 was held on October 26 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberal Party of Canada was re-elected for a fourth consecutive term in government with a majority government...

. He was called to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Bedford, Quebec on the advice of Robert Borden

Robert Borden

Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

in 1911. He served until his death in 1944.