Robert N. Cox was a merchant and political figure on Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

. He represented 2nd Kings

2nd Kings

2nd Kings was an electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1993.The district comprised the northwestern portion of Kings County....

 in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, along with the Lieutenant-Governor, forms the parliament of the province. The General Assembly meets at Province House, which is located at the intersection of Richmond and Great George Streets in Charlottetown....

 from 1908 to 1911 and from 1920 to 1923 as a Liberal

Prince Edward Island Liberal Party

The Prince Edward Island Liberal Party is a major political party in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The PEI Liberals are aligned with the federal Liberal Party of Canada. The party is led by Robert Ghiz, a former member of the staff of the Prime Minister's Office under Prime Minister...

.

He was born in Charlottetown

Charlottetown

Charlottetown is a Canadian city. It is both the largest city on and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885...

, the son of John Benjamin Cox, a native of Newfoundland. In 1885, he married Elizabeth Sutherland. He operated a general store in Morell

Morell, Prince Edward Island

Morell is a village located in Kings County in eastern Prince Edward Island just east of Bristol.Morell is located on St. Peter’s Bay, two kilometres inland from St. Peter's Bay, a sub-basin of the Gulf of St...

 for many years. Cox was also involved in lobster packing, fox ranching, potato starch

Potato starch

Potato starch is starch extracted from potatoes. The cells of the root tubers of the potato plant contain starch grains . To extract the starch, the potatoes are crushed; the starch grains are released from the destroyed cells...

 manufacturing and farming. He served in the province's Executive Council as a minister without portfolio

Minister without Portfolio

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. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1912 and 1923. Cox died of a stroke

Stroke

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 at home in Charlottetown at the age of 83.

His nephew Harry Howard Cox

Harry H. Cox

Harry Howard Cox was a farmer, merchant and political figure on Prince Edward Island. He represented 2nd Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1928 to 1950 as a Liberal....

, who worked for a time in his uncle's store, also served in the provincial assembly.