Jim Cope
Watson | |
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In office 10 December 1955 – 25 October 1969 | |
Preceded by | Dan Curtin |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Sydney | |
In office 25 October 1969 – 11 November 1975 | |
Preceded by | New seat |
Succeeded by | Les McMahon |
Personal details | |
Born | Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia | 26 November 1907
Died | 3 February 1999 Sydney, Australia | (aged 91)
Political party | Labor |
Spouse |
Myrtle Hurst (m. 1932) |
Occupation | Glassworker |
James Francis Cope
Early life
Cope was born 26 November 1907 in
Cope attended
Politics
Cope joined the ALP in 1930 and became president of its Redfern branch. He was elected to the Redfern Municipal Council in 1948.[1]
Following the death of the incumbent Labor MP
Speakership
On 27 February 1973, Cope was appointed the first Labor Speaker of the House since 1950. On 27 February 1975, the second anniversary of his election as speaker, he resigned after the Whitlam government refused to support him when he named Clyde Cameron, a government minister. Cope retired from parliament at the double dissolution election of 11 November 1975.
Later life
In the New Year's Honours of 1978, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), for his services to the parliament.[2]
Cope died in 1999.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Black, Joshua (2021). "Cope, James Francis (Jim) (1907–1999)". Biographical Dictionary of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "It's an Honour". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2008.