Robert Cook (Australian politician)
Robert Cook | |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Indi | |
| In office 13 December 1919 – 9 October 1928 | |
| Preceded by | John Leckie |
| Succeeded by | Paul Jones |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 April 1867 Australian Country Party |
| Spouse | Sarah Anne Weston |
| Occupation | Dairy farmer |
Robert Cook (18 April 1867 – 21 May 1930) was an Australian politician. He was a
Victorian electorate of Indi
.
Early life
Cook was born at
Porepunkah. He married Sarah Anne Weston on 24 December 1894 at Porepunkah; in 1905, they moved to Oxley
and established a dairy farm.
Local politics
Cook was a member of
Wangaratta
district, founding the North-Eastern Co-operative Society Ltd in 1906. He was also a director of the Milawa Dairy Co and chairman of the Butter and Chesse Factories Association of Victoria, and held membership of the Victorian Dairy Council, the Western and Murray Co-operative Bacon and Meat Packing Co, the Wangaratta Agricultural Society, and the Melbourne Chamber of Agriculture.
Federal politics
In 1919, Cook stood for the
Nationalist member John Leckie. The following year, Cook joined several other rural MPs in forming the Country Party. Cook was handily returned under the Country banner in 1922 and 1925. However, in 1928, he mistakenly failed to lodge his renomination papers, resulting in Labor challenger Paul Jones
taking the seat unopposed. He tried to regain the seat in 1929, but narrowly lost to Jones.
Cook's health deteriorated until he died in Melbourne on 21 May 1930, survived by three daughters and two sons.[1] His wife Sarah had died on 26 June 1927. Cook was buried at the local cemetery at Milawa.
References
- Smith, A.O. (1981). "Cook, Robert (1867 - 1930)". ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
