John Patrick Cochran (8 March 1864 – 2 December 1926) was an Australian politician. He was born in Lower Manning to mariner Thomas Cochran and Ellen Lennon. He worked as a labourer and a secretary, and was an official of the United Labourers' Union, a delegate to the Labor Council of New South Wales, and a member of the ULU's executive committee from 1894 to 1910, as secretary from 1906. He was also a member of the

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's central executive, serving in 1905 and from 1907 to 1908. In 1910 he was elected to the

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as the member for

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. He served as a backbencher until his retirement in 1920, becoming a clerk in the Department of Labour and Industry. He ran once more for office, contesting North Shore for Labor in 1922. Cochran, an unmarried Catholic, died in 1926 in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cochran, John 1864 births 1926 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Colony of New South Wales people