| HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Rolland (Rollie) David Bertram Cook was born March 22, 1952 in Edmonton, Alberta. He was the son of Ian M. and Hope (McKay Sladdon) Cook. Rollie attended Strathcona School in Edmonton, and Earl Grey Western High School in Calgary, Alberta. He studied at the University of Alberta, the University of Paul Vallery (Montpellier, France) and Laval University. He was an accounts manager for a public relations firm before becoming the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Edmonton-Glengarry constituency in 1979 for the Progressive Conservative Party. He was reelected in 1982, and did not run in Edmonton-Glengarry in the next election. |