Cook ministry

Cook ministry
Cook ministry
; 9th Ministry of Australia
	Group photo of the Cook ministry
Date formed	24 June 1913
Date dissolved	17 September 1914
People and organisations
Monarch	George V
Governor-General	Lord Denman; Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson
Prime Minister	Joseph Cook
No. of ministers	10
Member party	Liberal
Status in legislature	Majority government
Opposition party	Labor
Opposition leader	Andrew Fisher
History
Election	31 May 1913
Outgoing election	5 September 1914
Legislature term	5th
Predecessor	Second Fisher ministry
Successor	Third Fisher ministry

The Cook ministry (Liberal) was the 9th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 6th Prime Minister, Joseph Cook. The Cook Ministry succeeded the Second Fisher ministry, which dissolved on 24 June 1913 following the federal election that took place in May which saw the Liberals defeat Andrew Fisher's Labor Party - albeit with a one-seat majority. The ministry was replaced by the Third Fisher ministry on 17 September 1914 following the federal election that took place on 5 September which saw Labor defeat the Liberals.^[1]

Willie Kelly, who died in 1960, was the last surviving member of the Cook ministry.

Ministry

	Minister	Portfolio
Liberal	Rt Hon Joseph Cook (1860–1947) MP for Parramatta (1901–1921)	Prime Minister Leader of the Liberal Party Minister for Home Affairs
	Hon (Sir) William Irvine (KCMG) KC (1858–1943) MP for Flinders (1906–1918)	Attorney-General
	Rt Hon Sir John Forrest GCMG (1847–1918) MP for Swan (1901–1918)	Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party Treasurer
	Hon Paddy Glynn KC (1855–1931) MP for Angas (1903–1919)	Minister for External Affairs
	Hon Edward Millen (1860–1923) Senator for New South Wales (1901–1923)	Minister for Defence Leader of the Government in the Senate
	Hon Littleton Groom (1867–1936) MP for Darling Downs (1901–1929)	Minister for Trade and Customs
	Hon Agar Wynne (1850–1934) MP for Balaclava (1906–1914)	Postmaster-General
	Hon James McColl (1844–1929) Senator for Victoria (1907–1914)	Vice-President of the Executive Council
	Hon John Clemons (1862–1944) Senator for Tasmania (1901–1914)	Minister without Portfolio
	Hon Willie Kelly (1877–1960) MP for Wentworth (1903–1919)	Minister without Portfolio

^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2016.

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