Arthur Ernest Cook (6 September 1883 – 10 April 1945) was an Australian politician.
Arthur E. Cook | |
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.png) A photograph of Arthur Cook in 1924 | |
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| Born | 6 September 1883 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 10 April 1945 (aged 61) Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
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He was born in Sandhurst to engine driver Robert Cook and Mary Daley. He attended state school before becoming a hairdresser, owning his own business in Bendigo from around 1901. On 28 April 1909 he married Mary Victoria Rocke, with whom he had four children. He served as vice-president of the Bendigo Trades Hall Council and was on the Labor Party's state executive from 1916 to 1918. In 1924 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Bendigo West, transferring to Bendigo in 1927. He served until his death at Parliament House in Melbourne in 1945. One of his grandsons, Esmond Curnow, later served in the Assembly.[1]
References edit
- ^ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Cook, Arthur Ernest". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 3 January 2016.