Joseph Cook
6th prime minister of Australia from 1913 to 1914 · Australia · Politicians · Lived 1860 to 1947 · aged 86
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Something wrong?Sir Joseph Cook was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the sixth prime minister of Australia from 1913 to 1914. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party, having previously been leader of the Anti-Socialist Party from 1908 to 1909.
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Cook lived in a small terraced house at 86 Newcastle Street for most of his childhood. The building now has a blue plaque commemorating his life.
Cook in 1894
Cook and Alfred Deakin together in 1909
Cook c. 1914
Portrait of Cook by James Guthrie, c. 1920
Cook in later life
Bust of Joseph Cook by sculptor Wallace Anderson located in the Prime Ministers Avenue in the Ballarat Botanical GardensAwards
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Sir Joseph Cook was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the sixth prime minister of Australia from 1913 to 1914. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party, having previously been leader of the Anti-Socialist Party from 1908 to 1909. His victory at the 1913 election marked the first time that a centre-right party had won a majority at an Australian federal election.
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