Lester E. Cooke

Lester E. Cooke served on Barrie council in eleven terms, 1955 to 1972, as mayor (1962–1967 and 1970–1972), on the City of Barrie's own list of council members.

This page records a public role and nothing more: the council terms, offices and notes as the City prints them.

It holds no contact details and no biography. If you are related to Lester E. Cooke and something here is wrong, the corrections page says how to tell us.

This profile is built from the City's list, which prints the name as “Lester E. Cooke”; the entries are counted as one person by the rules set out on Barrie's mayors and councils.

In office: Ward 6 In office: Deputy reeve In office: Ward 1 In office: Mayor

Offices Lester E. Cooke held (lines, coloured by office) and federal or provincial races lost (dots).

Council terms come from the City of Barrie's list, which gives years only, so each is drawn from the year it begins to the year the next begins; a seat in Parliament or the legislature runs to the next general election. Hover or tap a mark for the detail; the lists below are the record.

On the City's list of council members

The terms the City of Barrie's own list of council members, 1837 to 2022, shows Lester E. Cooke serving, with the office and any note as the City prints them, and the milestones of each council: events from the City's history and notes, dated. The full list is on Barrie's mayors and councils.

1955 Alderman, Ward 6, as “Lester E. Cooke” November 28, 1955: M.M. Hamilton resigns from council and becomes a judge.
1956 Alderman, Ward 6, as “Lester E. Cooke”
1957 Deputy Reeve, as “Lester E. Cooke”
1958 Deputy Reeve, as “Lester E. Cooke” September 22, 1958: The town passes By-law 2349, applying to the Ontario Municipal Board to make Barrie a city.
1959 Alderman, Ward 1, as “Lester E. Cooke” January 1, 1959: Barrie becomes a city, Simcoe County's first. The offices of reeve and deputy reeve end, and the six wards become four, with three members each. December 17, 1959: Barrie formally separates from Simcoe County, becoming a separated city.
1960–1961 Alderman, Ward 1, as “Lester E. Cooke” 1960: Council terms become two years long, replacing annual elections. November 24, 1961: Otto D. Williams, a member of this council, dies.
1962–1963 Mayor, as “Lester E. Cooke”
1964–1965 Mayor, as “Lester E. Cooke”
1966–1967 Mayor, as “Lester E. Cooke”
1970–1971 Mayor, as “Lester E. Cooke”
1972 Mayor, as “Lester E. Cooke” 1972: This council is elected for a one-year term.

Source: City of Barrie, Members of Barrie Councils, 1837 to 2022 (updated November 2022).