Division of Cook (1906–1955)

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 explored 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 1940s it was fiercely contested between Federal Labor and Lang Labor factions of the party.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
Template:Australian party style|	File:James Catts.jpg	James Catts (1877–1951)	Labor	12 December 1906 – April 1922	Lost seat
Template:Australian party style|			Majority Labor	April 1922 – 16 December 1922
Template:Australian party style|	File:Edward Charles Riley.jpg	Edward Riley (1892–1969)	Labor	16 December 1922 – 15 September 1934	Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Scullin. Lost seat
Template:Australian party style|	File:Jock Garden (cropped).jpg	Jock Garden (1882–1968)	Labor (NSW)	15 September 1934 – February 1936	Lost preselection and retired
Template:Australian party style|			Labor	February 1936 – 21 September 1937
Template:Australian party style|	File:Thomas Sheehan.jpg	Tom Sheehan (1891–1955)		23 October 1937 – 2 May 1940	Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Curtin, Forde and Chifley. Died in office
Template:Australian party style|			Labor (Non-Communist)	2 May 1940 – February 1941
Template:Australian party style|			Labor	February 1941 – 26 March 1955
Template:Australian party style|	File:JimCope1956 (cropped).jpg	Jim Cope (1907–1999)		21 May 1955 – 10 December 1955	Transferred to the Division of Watson after Cook was abolished in 1955

See also

• Division of Cook