Arthur Ernest Cook (6 September 1883 – 10 April 1945) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sandhurst to engine driver Robert Cook and Mary Daley, and attended state school before becoming a hairdresser. He owned his own business in

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from around 1901. On 28 April 1909 he married Mary Victoria Rocke, with whom he had four children. Cook served as vice-president of the Bendigo Trades Hall Council and was on the Labor Party's state executive from 1916 to 1918. In 1924, he was elected to the

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as the Labor member for

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, transferring to

in 1927. He served until his death at Parliament House in

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in 1945. One of his grandsons, Esmond Curnow, later served in the Assembly.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cook, Arthur 1883 births 1945 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians