John Henry Cook

John Henry Cook (May 6, 1902 – May 2, 1980) was a barber and politician in Ontario, Canada. He represented Waterloo North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1945 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member.^[1][2][3]

The son of Henry Saunder Koch and Lavina Bergey, he was born John Henry Koch^[3] in Woolwich township and was educated there, in St. Jacobs, in Kitchener, in Toronto and in Newburgh, New York. In 1935, Cook married Emma M. Debus. He was secretary-treasurer of the Barbers International Union and president of the Twin Cities Trade and Labor Council. Cook was also a member of the Knights of Pythias.^[1] He served on Kitchener city council from 1946 to 1956 and from 1958 to 1965.^[3]

Cook, a Mennonite, was of Pennsylvania Dutch descent.^[1] He died following a heart attack at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital at the age of 77.^[3]