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The electoral division of Cook is an electoral district in Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

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.

Cook covers the vast Cape York Peninsula

Cape York Peninsula

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north of Cairns

Cairns, Queensland

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, including the resort town of Port Douglas

Port Douglas, Queensland

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and the Torres Strait Islands

Torres Strait Islands

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. It is named after British navigator James Cook

James Cook

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, who charted the coast and landed on Possession Island National Park

Possession Island National Park

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- one of the Torres Strait islands - in 1770.

Jason O'Brien of the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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currently holds the seat.

Members for Cook

First incarnation (1876-1878, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	William Edward Murphy	Unaligned	1876-1878
Second incarnation (1878-1888, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term
	John Walsh	Unaligned	1878-1883
	Frederick Cooper	Unaligned	1878-1884 (disqualified)
	John Hamilton John Hamilton (Australian politician) John Hamilton , also known as John Dinwoodie, was an Australian politician.He was born in Melbourne to saddler John Dinwoodie and Janet, née McFarlane. He was sent to a private tutor in England before travelling to Rockhampton with the intention to become a pastoralist...	Ministerialist	1883-1888
	Thomas Campbell	Unaligned	1884-1885 (declared elected)
	Charles Hill	Unaligned	1885-1888
Third incarnation (1888-1950, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	John Hamilton John Hamilton (Australian politician) John Hamilton , also known as John Dinwoodie, was an Australian politician.He was born in Melbourne to saddler John Dinwoodie and Janet, née McFarlane. He was sent to a private tutor in England before travelling to Rockhampton with the intention to become a pastoralist...	Ministerialist	1888-1904
	John Hargreaves	Ministerialist	1904-1907
	Harry Douglas	Ministerialist / Opposition / Independent Opposition / Ministerialist / Liberal	1907-1915
	Henry Ryan	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1915-1929
	James Kenny	Country and Progressive National Country and Progressive National Party The Country and Progressive National Party was a short-lived conservative political party in the Australian state of Queensland.-History:It was created in 1925 as the result of a merger between the state's two conservative parties, the United Party and the Country Party, in an attempt to end...	1929-1935
	Harold Collins Harold Collins (politician) Harold Henry Collins was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Cook from 1935 to 1950 and for Tablelands from 1950 to 1957, when he defected to the breakaway Queensland Labor Party.-References:...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1935-1950
Fourth incarnation (1953-present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Bunny Adair	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1953-1957
		Queensland Labor Queensland Labor Party The Queensland Labor Party was a political party of Queensland, Australia formed in 1957 by a breakaway group of the then ruling Australian Labor Party Government after the expulsion of Premier Vince Gair...	1957-1963
		Independent	1963-1969
	Bill Wood	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1969-1972
	Edwin Wallis-Smith	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1972-1974
	Eric Deeral	National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1974-1977
	Bob Scott	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1977-1989
	Steve Bredhauer Steve Bredhauer Stephen Dominic "Steve" Bredhauer is a former Australian politician. Born in Brisbane, he was a teacher before entering politics. He joined the Australian Labor Party in 1980. In 1989, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Cook...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1989-2004
	Jason O'Brien Jason O'Brien Jason Danial O'Brien is an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he served in the Royal Australian Navy from 1986–1990 as an electrician and was a Cairns City Councillor from 2000–2004. A member of the Australian Labor Party, he was electorate officer to Steve Bredhauer, member for...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	2004-present

Election results

External links

Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)

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