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Arthur Cook (Australian politician)

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Australian politician (1883–1945)

Arthur E. Cook
Arthur Cook, 1924
Personal details
Born(1883-09-06)6 September 1883
Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia
Died10 April 1945(1945-04-10) (aged 61)
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
Alma materGravel Hill State School
Occupation

Arthur Ernest Cook (6 September 1883 – 10 April 1945) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sandhurst to engine driver Robert Cook and Mary Daley, and attended state school before becoming a hairdresser. He owned his own business in Bendigo from around 1901. On 28 April 1909 he married Mary Victoria Rocke, with whom he had four children.

Cook 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.

References

  1. "Cook, Arthur Ernest". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. 2001. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded byDavid Smith Member for Bendigo West
1924–1927 		Abolished
New seat Member for Bendigo
1927–1945 		Succeeded byBill Galvin
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