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Following re-election in 1981, Pope was appointed to the Davis cabinet as Minister of Natural Resources. Under Premier Bill Davis, he was promoted to provincial cabinet as a minister without portfolio in 1979. In 1977, he was first elected MPP for Cochrane South. Pope was a member of the inaugural City of Timmins Council, following amalgamation, in 1973. He was a strong voice and advocate for all of us.” “When I look back at his entire political career, it was always about being from Timmins and Northern Ontario. “As an alderman, he certainly represented Timmins well that way, and aspired to a higher office and contributed to the province, giving Timmins a voice,” Marks said. He said Pope was always a great representative at every political level. On his very first election night, he signed an election sign for me and it’s something that I still have today.” “When he was first elected as MPP, I was not even voting age but I was a volunteer for the Young Progressive Conservatives, wanting to help him.
I learned a lot from him very, very early on. “Certainly, being from Timmins, representing Timmins, being a voice for Timmins was something I looked up to. He was a mentor of mine in many different ways,” Marks said. “I have the utmost respect for Alan Pope and his accomplishments. Timmins Councillor Andrew Marks grew up admiring Pope and volunteered to help get him elected to Queen’s Park. “He was always a very class act and I had a lot of admiration for him.” He put the interests of the community, the North and the province first.
“I had enormous respect for Alan Pope,” Angus said.
Timmins MP Charlie Angus remembers Pope fondly – even though they belonged to two different political parties, Angus NDP and Pope a Progressive Conservative. He practiced law for the firm of Racicot, Maisonneuve, Labelle, Gosselin. Pope was a former member of Timmins council, Member of Provincial Parliament and Provincial Cabinet Minister. Timmins and Northern Ontario has lost a friend.Īlan Pope, a well-known lawyer and former politician, passed away at age 76.