Gerald Cobbe

Gerald Richard Joseph Cobbe (22 March 1927 – 27 September 2004) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a mechanical contractor and operator by career.

Gerald Richard Cobbe
Member of Parliament for Portage
In office June 1968 – September 1972
Personal details
Born	(1927-03-22)22 March 1927 Kenton, Manitoba, Canada
Died	27 September 2004(2004-09-27) (aged 77) Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Profession	mechanical contractor and operator

He was first elected at the Portage riding in the 1968 general election. After serving his only term, the 28th Canadian Parliament, Cobbe was defeated in the 1972 election by Peter Masniuk of the Progressive Conservative party.

From October 1971 to September 1972, Cobbe was Parliamentary Secretary to Jean-Pierre Côté, the Postmaster General of that time. He died in 2004 aged 77.^[1]