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Sir Joseph Cook 1860-1947, Australian statesman, b. England. A leader of the Free Trade party, he served as prime minister (1913-14) and later as minister of the navy (1917-21) and high commissioner to London (1921-27). He was Australian representative at the Paris Peace Conference and a delegate (1922-26) to the League of Nations.

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Cook, Sir Joseph (1860–1947) Australian politician, Prime Minister (1913–14). Cook was elected Prime Minister in 1913, but he lacked support and was voted out of office the following year.

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Cook, Sir Joseph (b. 7 Dec. 1860, d. 30 July 1947). Prime Minister of Australia, 1913–14 Born in Staffordshire (England), he became a coalminer in 1873, and immigrated to New South Wales in 1887. He was elected to the state Legislative Assembly in 1891, where he became the leader of the parliamentary Labor Party in 1893. Against Labor's wishes he accepted Reid's offer to become Postmaster-General (1894), and became increasingly alienated from his Labor roots. A representative in federal parliament from 1901, he led the Free Traders from 1908, and in the 1913 elections led the Liberals to victory. His slender majority in the House of Representatives, and the hostility of the Senate, precluded the enactment of any major legislation. He became deputy leader of the Nationalist Party in 1917, and was Australian high commissioner, 1921–7.

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