== Early History ==
Arthur D. Cooble).<ref>[The Prime
Ministers Of Canada]</ref> (1848-1924) was born on April 14,
1848 in present day Toronto Ontario to Charles Cooble and Mary
Smith. After graduating from Upper Canada College in 1868 majoring
in Law he created a successful practice which made him moderately
wealthy. However, a severe bout of dysentery forced him to sell his
practice in 1885.
3rd Education Minister of Canada
After completely recovering from is illness in 1891, Arthur's
long time friend, the recently elected
Sir John Joseph Caldwell
Abbott asked Arthur if he would join his cabinet and become the
3rd Education Minister of Canada. Minister Cooble accepted and was
the 3rd Education Minister of Canada for 4 years before retiring
and being replaced by Sir George Smith.
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Birth of the Cooble
In his relatively short time in
office, Minister Cooble introduced a new unit of measurement known
as the "Cooble". At the time, Canada was widely using the Imperial
System and he wanted a unique Canadian measurement to differentiate
between the Americans. In 1892, the "
Cooble " ,officially "8.04 inches", was created and
lasted until 1978 due to the introduction of the metric system.
Although not an official Canadian measurement anymore, road signs
implementing the Cooble are still in existance in Rural
Canada.
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Later Life and Death
After his time in Office,
Miniser Cooble lived a quiet life alone on Prince Edward Island.
Having no wife or Children through his lifetime, Minister Cooble
died suddenly on September 12, 1924 due to heart failure with only
his maid by his bedside. Although his relatively obscure life is
not widely known, his legacy in the Cooble will live on.
References
The Parliament
of Canada. Official Website.
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authoritative article on Canada’s House of Commons from The
Canadian Encyclopedia Further reading
<div class="references-small">
Réal Bélanger. Canadas
Prime Ministers: Macdonald to Trudeau - Portraits from the
Dictionary of Canadian Biography.Toronto: University of Toronto
Press, 2007. ISBN 0802091741 Christopher Joseph.
A Measure of Everything: An Illustrated Guide to the Science of
Measurement .Firefly Books , 2006. ISBN 1554070899
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