Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Cook, New South Wales (1906-55)
The Division of Cook was created in 1906 and abolished in 1955. It was named for Captain James Cook (1728-79), first European to see the east coast of Australia (1770).
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1906: Alexandria, Camperdown, Golden Grove, Newtown
1913: Alexandria, Camperdown, Mascot, Newtown
1922: Alexandria, Camperdown, Mascot, Newtown
1934: Alexandria, Botany, Newtown, Redfern
1949: Alexandria, Golden Grove, Redfern, Surry Hills
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1906: Labor 03.0
1910: Labor 14.1
1913: Labor 09.9
1914: Labor 11.7
1917: Labor 14.4
1919: Labor 15.7
1922: Labor 24.7
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1925: Labor 17.8
1928: Labor 25.5
1929: Labor 34.2
1931: Labor 00.9 *
1934: Lang Labor 08.3 **
1937: Labor 20.3 ***
1940: Lang Labor 13.6 **
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1943: Labor 26.4 ***
1946: Labor 23.4 *
1949: Labor 32.1
1951: Labor 35.7
1954: Labor 40.4 ***
1955b: Labor 36.8 ***
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* Majority over Lang Labor
** Majority over Labor
*** Majority over independent
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1906-54
Click here to see full results for Cook at every election from 1906 to 1954
MEMBERS FOR COOK (1906-55)
James Catts (ALP) 1906-22
Edward Riley (ALP) 1922-34
Jock Garden (ALP-NSW, ALP) 1934-37
Thomas Sheehan (ALP, ALP-NC, ALP) 1937-55
Jim Cope (ALP) 1955b-55
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| James Catts (ALP) 1906-22 |
Edward Riley (ALP) 1922-34 |
Jock Garden (ALP-NSW, ALP) 1934-37 |
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Thomas Sheehan (ALP, ALP-NC, ALP)
1937-55 |
Jim Cope (ALP) 1955-55 |
BOUNDARIES
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