Cook Ministry

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Cook Ministry
Flag of Australia.svg
9th Ministry of Australia
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Group photo of the Cook Ministry
Date formed24 June 1913
Date dissolved17 September 1914
People and organisations
MonarchGeorge V
Governor-GeneralLord Denman
Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson
Prime MinisterJoseph Cook
No. of ministers10
Member partyCommonwealth Liberal
Status in legislatureMajority government
Opposition partyLabor
Opposition leaderAndrew Fisher
History
Election(s)31 May 1913
Outgoing election5 September 1914
Legislature term(s)5th
PredecessorSecond Fisher Ministry
SuccessorThird Fisher Ministry

The Cook Ministry (Commonwealth Liberal) was the 9th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 6th Prime Minister, Joseph Cook. The Cook Ministry succeeded the Second Fisher Ministry, which dissolved on 24 June 1913 following the federal election that took place in May which saw the Commonwealth Liberals defeat Andrew Fisher's Labor Party - albeit with a one-seat majority. The ministry was replaced by the Third Fisher Ministry on 17 September 1914 following the federal election that took place on 5 September which saw Labor defeat the Commonwealth Liberals.[1]

Willie Kelly, who died in 1960, was the last surviving member of the Cook Ministry.

Ministry[]

Minister Portrait Portfolio
  Rt Hon Joseph Cook
(1860–1947)

MP for Parramatta
(1901–1921)

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  Hon (Sir) William Irvine (KCMG) KC
(1858–1943)

MP for Flinders
(1906–1918)

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  Rt Hon Sir John Forrest GCMG
(1847–1918)

MP for Swan
(1901–1918)

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  Hon Paddy Glynn KC
(1855–1931)

MP for Angas
(1903–1919)

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  Hon Edward Millen
(1860–1923)

Senator for New South Wales
(1901–1923)

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  Hon Littleton Groom
(1867–1936)

MP for Darling Downs
(1901–1929)

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  • Minister for Trade and Customs
  Hon Agar Wynne
(1850–1934)

MP for Balaclava
(1906–1914)

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  • Postmaster-General
  Hon James McColl
(1844–1929)

Senator for Victoria
(1907–1914)

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  Hon John Clemons
(1862–1944)

Senator for Tasmania
(1901–1914)

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  • Minister without Portfolio
  Hon Willie Kelly
(1877–1960)

MP for Wentworth
(1903–1919)

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  • Minister without Portfolio

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
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