Division of Cook (1906–55)

Cook
Australian House of Representatives Division
Created 1906
Abolished 1955
Namesake James Cook

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 discovered 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. It has been a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, but in the 1930s and 40s it was fiercely contested between Federal Labor and Lang Labor factions of the party.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  James Catts Labor 1906–1922
  Majority Labor 1922–1922
  Edward Riley Labor 1922–1934
  Jock Garden Labor (NSW) 1934–1936
  Labor 1936–1937
  Tom Sheehan Labor 1937–1940
  Labor (Non-Communist) 1940–1941
  Labor 1941–1955
  Jim Cope Labor 1955–1955

Election results

See also