Page Heading: Positions and Appointments Held By (250x20 gif)
Page Title: Sir Joseph Cook (264x66 gif)
Small Picture Of PM (110x110 gif)

 




Positions Held In Federal Government (316x25 gif)
House of Representatives- Parramatta:
29 Mar 1901 - 11 Nov 1921 (Resigned)
Minister without Portfolio:
28 Jan. 1908 - 13 Nov. 1908
Acting Prime Minister:
Apr. - Sep. 1921.
PM Hughes was at the Imperial conference in London.
Treasurer:
28 Jul. 1920 - 11 Nov. 1921
Minister for Defence:
02 Jun. 1909 - 29 Apr. 1910
Minister for Home Affairs:
24 Jun. 1913 - 17 Sep. 1914
Minister for the Navy:
17 Feb. 1917 - 10 Jan. 1918
10 Jan. 1918 - 28 Jul. 1920
Leader of the Opposition:
17 Nov. 1908 - 26 May. 1909
20 Jan. 1913 - 24 Jun. 1913
08 Oct. 1914 - 17 Feb. 1917
Deputy Leader of the Opposition:
1910 - 1913
Deputy Prime Minister:
Feb. 1917 - Nov. 1921
Leader of the Free Trade Group:
1908
Deputy Leader Free Trade Group:
1904 - 1908
Leader Liberal Party:
1913 - 1917
Deputy-leader Fusion Party:
nee Liberal Party
1909 - 1913
Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party:
The party was result of a merger between the Liberal Party & W.M. Hughes' ex-Labor group
1917 - 1921


Positions Held In State Government (299x25 gif)
Member Legislative Assembly:
03 Jul. 1891 - 11 Jun. 1901 Hartley
Postmaster-General:
03 Jul. 1894 - 27 Aug. 1898
Minister for Mines & Agriculture:
27 Aug. 1898 - 13 Sep. 1899
Leader of the NSW Labor Group:
Oct. 1983 - Mar. 1894


Important Legislation Passed: (245x25 gif)
The Committee of Public Accounts Act 1913
Set up a parliamentary joint committee to investigate and report on government expenditure.
The Committee of Public Works Act 1913
Set up a parliamentary joint committee to investigate and report upon the need for and progress on construction of public works.
The Norfolk Island Act 1913
Transferred Norfolk Island from British to Australian control.


Made These Official Visits (229x25 gif)
NO OFFICIAL VISITS WERE RECORDED.


Attended These Conferences (244x25 gif)
Attended the post-war Versailles peace conference in 1919.
He signed the treaty on 28 June 1919 on behalf of Australia.


Served On These Committees (240x25 gif)
Member of Select Committee on Decimal Coinage, 1901.
He was the Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Finances of South Australia as Affected by Federation, 1928-29.
Represented the Commonwealth at the League of Nations 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 and twice in 1926.
Member of Select Committee on Bonus for Manufactures Bill, 1902.


Other Positions, Affiliations and Memberships (375x30 gif)
NOTE: These may not all be of a political nature. They include memberships of organisations and clubs as well as appointments to positions after they retired from politics.

He was the Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Finances of South Australia as Affected by Federation, 1928-29.
Represented the Commonwealth at the League of Nations 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 and twice in 1926.





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