The Division of Cook was an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1906 and abolished in 1955. The division was named for James Cook, who explored the east coast of Australia in 1770. It was located in the inner suburbs of Sydney, taking in the suburbs of Alexandria, Redfern and Surry Hills.
Cook was a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, but in the 1930s and 1940s it was fiercely contested between Federal Labor and Lang Labor factions of the party.
Members Image Member Party Term Notes James Catts Labor 12 December 1906 –April 1922 Lost seat Majority Labor April 1922 –16 December 1922 Edward Riley Labor 16 December 1922 –15 September 1934 Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Scullin. Lost seat Jock Garden Labor (NSW) 15 September 1934 –February 1936 Lost preselection and retired Labor February 1936 –21 September 1937 Tom Sheehan 23 October 1937 –2 May 1940 Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Curtin, Forde and Chifley. Died in office Labor (Non-Communist) 2 May 1940 –February 1941 Labor February 1941 –26 March 1955 Jim Cope 21 May 1955 –10 December 1955 Transferred to the Division of Watson after Cook was abolished in 1955
Election results
See also Division of Cook
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