John Simon Cockle was an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n politician. Born in Harrington

Harrington

-People as a forename:*Arthur Edward Harington Raikes, British army officer*Audrey Harington, aka Ethelreda, alleged illegitimate child of Henry VIII of England and the royal laundress*Charles Harrington Elster, American writer...

, England

England

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, he migrated as a child to Australia, where he attended Sydney Grammar School

Sydney Grammar School

Sydney Grammar School is an independent, non-denominational, selective, day school for boys, located in Darlinghurst, Edgecliff and St Ives, all suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

. He was secretary of the Australian Steamship Owners' Federation before serving in the military 1941-46 during World War II

World War II

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. He was an alderman on Sydney City Council

City of Sydney

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 from 1953-56. In 1961, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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 as the Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 member for Warringah

Division of Warringah

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. He held the seat until his death in 1966 (no by-election was held due to the upcoming federal election

Australian federal election, 1966

Federal elections were held in Australia on 26 November 1966. All 124 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt with coalition partner the Country Party led by John McEwen defeated the...

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