Tasker Cook | |
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Mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland | |
In office December 15, 1921 – December 9, 1929 | |
Preceded by | William Gilbert Gosling |
Succeeded by | Charles Howlett |
Personal details | |
Born | Tasker Keech Cook June 30, 1867 St. John's, Newfoundland |
Died | September 25, 1937 St. John's, Newfoundland | (aged 70)
Sir Tasker Keech Cook (June 30, 1867 – September 25, 1937) [1] was a politician in the dominion of Newfoundland, who served as mayor of St. John's from 1921 to 1929. [2]
First elected mayor in 1921, he won a second term by acclamation in 1925. [2] His term in office was marked by various public works projects and by the creation of the city's first planning committee; [2] however, many infrastructure projects in the city remained hamstrung by his reluctance to introduce new municipal taxes. [2]
He was appointed to the Legislative Council of Newfoundland by Prime Minister Richard Squires in 1928, and was a chair of the Newfoundland Railway Commission. He was made a Knight Bachelor by George V in the 1931 New Year Honours, and invested by Edward VIII. [3]
He died in St. John's on September 25, 1937. [4]