Early Years
Pope was raised in Northern Ontario, and was educated at Waterloo Lutheran University and Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. He worked as a barrister and solicitor before entering politics. Pope served as an alderman in the northern city of Timmins from 1973 to 1974.
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