The Right Honourable Sir Joseph Cook
Surname originally Cooke; assumed spelling of Cook in adolescence
Prime Minister
- Born
- 7 December 1860, Silverdale (Staffordshire), England
- Died
- 30 July 1947, Bellevue Hill, New South Wales
- Sex
- Male
- Father
- William Cooke (coalminer)
- Mother
- Margaret Fletcher
- Married Mary Turner (schoolteacher; DBE); father of John Hartley Cook [qv]
Parliamentary service
| Federal Executive Councillor |
| Member of the House of Representatives |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales |
| Member of the Executive Council of New South Wales |
Career
- Labor Electoral League.
- Free Trade Party.
- Liberal Party.
- Nationalist.
- Coalminer.
- Union official.
- Book-keeper.
- Prime Min 1913-14.
- Cwlth Treasurer 1920-21.
- Aust High Commr in Lond 1921-27.
- PC 1914, GCMG 1918.