Joe Cooke (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician
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Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
About Joe Cooke (politician)
- Joseph Alfred Cooke (28 March 1904 – 14 April 1981) was an Australian politician.
- Born in Western Australia, he was educated at state schools before becoming a railways officer, rising to become President of the Railway Officers' Union.
- In 1946, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Western Australia.
- Defeated in 1951, he was re-appointed in 1952 after the death of Labor Senator Richard Nash.
- He held the seat until his defeat in 1964, when he was demoted to third place on the ballot paper to make way for Western Australian Labor Party Vice-President John Wheeldon.
- Cooke died in 1981.
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