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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name         = Chuck Cook
| birthname    = Charles Henry Cook
| image        =
| caption      =
| birth_date   = {{birth date|df=yes|1926|7|28}}
| birth_place  = [[Regina, Saskatchewan]]
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1993|2|23|1926|7|28|df=yes}}
| death_place  =
| spouse       =
| residence    =
| riding1      = [[North Vancouver—Burnaby]]
| predecessor1 = riding created
| successor1   = riding dissolved
| term_start1  = 1979
| term_end1    = 1988
| riding2      = [[North Vancouver (electoral district)|North Vancouver]]
| predecessor2 = riding created
| successor2   = [[Ted White (politician)|Ted White]]
| term_start2  = 1988
| term_end2    = 1993
| profession   = broadcaster
| party        = [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
| footnotes    =
| religion     =
| website      =
}}

'''Charles Henry "Chuck" Cook''' (28 July 1926 – 23 February 1993) was a broadcaster and politician in [[Canada]].

Cook was born in [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]], [[Saskatchewan]]. He became a [[CKBD (AM)|CJOR]] radio [[talk show]] host in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]] in the 1970s. He served as [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] from 1979 to 1988 in the riding of [[North Vancouver—Burnaby]] and from 1988 to 1993, in the riding of [[North Vancouver (electoral district)|North Vancouver]]. He also ran for the [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta]] in the riding of [[Calgary Centre (provincial electoral district)|Calgary Centre]] in the [[1967 Alberta general election|1967 election]] but came up a very close second to [[Frederick C. Colborne]] of the [[Alberta Social Credit Party]].

He died of cancer before finishing his term as member in the [[34th Canadian Parliament]].

==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=7573}}
* [http://www.bcradiohistory.com/Biographies/ChuckCook.htm BC Radio History: Chuck Cook bio], accessed 29 October 2006

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[[Category:1926 births]]
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[[Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta candidates in Alberta provincial elections]]
[[Category:Canadian columnists]]
[[Category:Canadian radio hosts]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia]]
[[Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs]]
[[Category:Politicians from Regina, Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Politicians from Vancouver]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]

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