Biography
COOKE, RANDY ELLWOOD. comptroller and fish plant manager; b. 4 July 1961 in O'Leary, son of Elwood Cooke and Shirley MacKinnon; m. 28 June 1985 Adele Buchanan, and they had three children, Kate, lane, and Benjamin; Nazarene Church.
Cooke, a Liberal, was elected in the general election of 1993 for 2nd Prince. He resigned on 21 August 1995.
Cooke received his primary education at Bloomfield Elementary. Later he attended O'Leary High School and graduated in 1978. In 1982 Cooke graduated from the University of Prince Edward Island with a Bachelor of Business Administration, and became the comptroller at Howard's Cove Seafoods Limited. Since 1993 Cooke has been general manager of Howard's Cove Shellfish.
Cooke was general manager of the Howard's Cove Seafoods Maroons Hockey Team and was a director of the O'Leary Athletic Association. He served on the executive of the Prince Edward Island Senior Hockey League and on the executive of the Prince Edward Island Junior Hockey League.
Randy Cooke and his family reside in Cape Wolfe. Adele Cooke was born on 28 December 1961 and is the daughter of George Buchanan and Hazel Harris of O'Leary.
References
CPG 1995; Guardian 13 February 1993, 5 March 1993, 18 March 1995, 22 August 1995, 24 February 1996, 13 April 1996.